- NAME
-
- gcloud migration vms image-imports create - import Virtual Disk images to Google Compute Engine
- SYNOPSIS
-
-
gcloud migration vms image-imports create
(IMAGE_IMPORT_NAME
:--location
=LOCATION
)--source-file
=SOURCE_FILE
[--additional-licenses
=[ADDITIONAL_LICENSES
,…]] [--description
=DESCRIPTION
] [--family-name
=FAMILY_NAME
] [--image-name
=IMAGE_NAME
] [--kms-key
=KMS_KEY
] [--labels
=[KEY
=VALUE
,…]] [--single-region-storage
] [--target-project
=TARGET_PROJECT
] [--skip-os-adaptation
|--generalize
--license-type
=LICENSE_TYPE
] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …
]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- gcloud migration vms image-imports create imports images such as VMWare VMDK files and VHD files, from a Google Cloud Storage file (gs://…) to Google Compute Engine, using the Migrate to Virtual Machines service API. This command creates an Image Import resource with a nested Image Import Job resource. The Image Import Job resource tracks the image import progress. To use this command, you must enable VM Migration API in your project.
- EXAMPLES
-
To import my-ubuntu22.04.vmdk from my-images-bucket to my-target-project in
us-central1, create my-image-import resource in my-project in us-central1. Run:
gcloud migration vms image-imports create my-image-import --source-file=gs://my-images-bucket/my-ubuntu22.04.vmdk --image-name=my-ubuntu-image --location=us-central1 --target-project=projects/my-project/locations/global/targetProjects/my-target-project --project=my-project
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
-
-
Image import resource - The Image Import resource you want to create. This would
be the image name if --image-name is not given. The arguments in this group can
be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are
not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
To set the
project
attribute:-
provide the argument
image_import_name
on the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--project
on the command line; -
set the property
core/project
.
This must be specified.
IMAGE_IMPORT_NAME
-
ID of the image_import or fully qualified identifier for the image_import.
To set the
image_import_name
attribute:-
provide the argument
image_import_name
on the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
-
provide the argument
--location
=LOCATION
-
Resource location.
To set the
location
attribute:-
provide the argument
image_import_name
on the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--location
on the command line; -
set the property
compute/region
.
-
provide the argument
-
provide the argument
-
Image import resource - The Image Import resource you want to create. This would
be the image name if --image-name is not given. The arguments in this group can
be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are
not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
-
--source-file
=SOURCE_FILE
- The path to the Google Cloud Storage file from which the image should be imported.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
-
--additional-licenses
=[ADDITIONAL_LICENSES
,…]- Comma-separated list of the additional licenses to assign to the image.
--description
=DESCRIPTION
- A description of the image.
--family-name
=FAMILY_NAME
- The name of the image family to which the new image belongs.
--image-name
=IMAGE_NAME
- The name of the image that will be imported to Google Compute Engine. Default is the Image Import name.
--kms-key
=KMS_KEY
- Fully qualified identifier for the Cloud KMS (Key Management Service) cryptokey that will be used to protect the image.
--labels
=[KEY
=VALUE
,…]- A map of labels to associate with the image.
--single-region-storage
- If true, the location of the imported image will be the region of the import job. Otherwise the closest multi-region is selected. Default is false.
--target-project
=TARGET_PROJECT
- The target project resource path to which the image will be imported. Default is the customer project. To get a list of the target projects run the gcloud alpha migration vms target-projects list command.
-
OS adaptation parameters
At most one of these can be specified:
--skip-os-adaptation
- If true, skip OS adaptation. Default false.
--generalize
- If true, generalize the imported image. Default false. The generalization process enables co-existence of multiple VMs created from the same image. For Windows, generalizing the image removes computer-specific information such as installed drivers and the computer security identifier (SID).
--license-type
=LICENSE_TYPE
-
The license to use post migration.
LICENSE_TYPE
must be one of:compute-engine-license-type-byol
,compute-engine-license-type-default
,compute-engine-license-type-payg
.
- 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. - API REFERENCE
-
This command uses the
vmmigration/v1
API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/migrate/virtual-machines - NOTES
-
This variant is also available:
gcloud alpha migration vms image-imports create
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Last updated 2024-09-17 UTC.