gcloud compute images export

NAME: gcloud compute images export - export a Compute Engine image
SYNOPSIS: gcloud compute images export --destination-uri=DESTINATION_URI (--image=IMAGE | --image-family=IMAGE_FAMILY) [--async] [--cloudbuild-service-account=CLOUDBUILD_SERVICE_ACCOUNT] [--compute-service-account=COMPUTE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT] [--export-format=EXPORT_FORMAT] [--image-project=IMAGE_PROJECT] [--log-location=LOG_LOCATION] [--network=NETWORK] [--subnet=SUBNET] [--timeout=TIMEOUT; default="2h"] [--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION: gcloud compute images export exports virtual disk images from Compute Engine.
By default, images are exported in the Compute Engine format, which is a disk.raw file that is tarred and gzipped.
The --export-format flag exports the image to a format supported by QEMU using qemu-img. Valid formats include vmdk, vhdx, vpc, vdi, and qcow2.
Before exporting an image, set up access to Cloud Storage and grant required roles to the user accounts and service accounts. For more information, see https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/import/requirements-export-import-images.
EXAMPLES: To export a VMDK file my-image from a project my-project to a Cloud Storage bucket my-bucket, run:
gcloud compute images export --image=my-image --destination-uri=gs://my-bucket/my-image.vmdk --export-format=vmdk --project=my-project
REQUIRED FLAGS: --destination-uri=DESTINATION_URI

The Cloud Storage URI destination for the exported virtual disk file.

Exactly one of these must be specified:

--image=IMAGE

The name of the disk image to export.

--image-family=IMAGE_FAMILY

The family of the disk image to be exported. When a family is used instead of an image, the latest non-deprecated image associated with that family is used.
OPTIONAL FLAGS: --async

Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.

--cloudbuild-service-account=CLOUDBUILD_SERVICE_ACCOUNT

Image import and export tools use Cloud Build to import and export images to and from your project. Cloud Build uses a specific service account to execute builds on your behalf. The Cloud Build service account generates an access token for other service accounts and it is also used for authentication when building the artifacts for the image import tool.
Use this flag to to specify a user-managed service account for image import and export. If you don't specify this flag, Cloud Build runs using your project's default Cloud Build service account. To set this option, specify the email address of the desired user-managed service account. Note: You must specify the --logs-location flag when you set a user-managed service account.
At minimum, the specified user-managed service account needs to have the following roles assigned:

roles/compute.admin

roles/iam.serviceAccountTokenCreator

roles/iam.serviceAccountUser

--compute-service-account=COMPUTE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT

A temporary virtual machine instance is created in your project during image export. Image export tooling on this temporary instance must be authenticated.
A Compute Engine service account is an identity attached to an instance. Its access tokens can be accessed through the instance metadata server and can be used to authenticate image export tooling on the instance.
To set this option, specify the email address corresponding to the required Compute Engine service account. If not provided, the image export on the temporary instance uses the project's default Compute Engine service account.
At a minimum, you need to grant the following roles to the specified Cloud Build service account:

roles/compute.storageAdmin

roles/storage.objectAdmin

--export-format=EXPORT_FORMAT

Specify the format to export to, such as vmdk, vhdx, vpc, or qcow2.

--image-project=IMAGE_PROJECT

The Google Cloud project against which all image and image family references will be resolved. It is best practice to define image-project. A full list of available projects can be generated by running gcloud projects list.

If specifying one of our public images, image-project must be provided.

If there are several of the same image-family value in multiple projects, image-project must be specified to clarify the image to be used.

If not specified and either image or image-family is provided, the current default project is used.

--log-location=LOG_LOCATION

Directory in Cloud Storage to hold build logs. If not set, gs://<project num>.cloudbuild-logs.googleusercontent.com/ is created and used.

--network=NETWORK

The name of the network in your project to use for the image export. When you export an image, the export tool creates and uses temporary VMs in your project for the export process. Use this flag to specify the network to use for these temporary VMs.

--subnet=SUBNET

Name of the subnetwork in your project to use for the image export. When you export an image, the export tool creates and uses temporary VMs in your project for the export process. Use this flag to specify the subnetwork to use for these temporary VMs.

If the network resource is in legacy mode, do not provide this property.

If the network is in auto subnet mode, specifying the subnetwork is optional.

If the network is in custom subnet mode, then this field must be specified.

--timeout=TIMEOUT; default="2h"

Maximum time an export can last before it fails as "TIMEOUT". For example, if you specify 2h, the process fails after 2 hours. See $ gcloud topic datetimes for information about duration formats.
This timeout option has a maximum value of 24 hours.
If you are exporting a large image that takes longer than 24 hours to export, either use the RAW disk format to reduce the time needed for converting the image, or split the data into several smaller images.

--zone=ZONE

The zone to use when exporting the image. When you export an image, the export tool creates and uses temporary VMs in your project for the export process. Use this flag to specify the zone to use for these temporary VMs. Overrides the default compute/zone property value for this command invocation.
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS: These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.
Run $ gcloud help for details.
NOTES: These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute images export

gcloud beta compute images export