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.TH MKIMG 1 "April 20, 2013" "ECLAT" "Eclat User Reference"
.SH NAME
eclat mkimg, create\-image \- create an AMI image
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBeclat mkimg\fR\
 [\fB\-N\fR]\
 [\fB\-d\fR \fIDESCR\fR]\
 [\fB\-m\fR \fIDEV\fR=\fISPEC\fR]\
 [\fB\-\-noreboot\fR]
            [\fB\-\-no\-reboot\fR]\
 [\fB\-\-description\fR=\fISTRING\fR]
            [\fB\-\-devmap\fR=\fIDEV\fR=\fISPEC\fR]
            [\fB\-\-block\-device\-mapping\fR=\fIDEV\fR=\fISPEC\fR]
            \fINAME\fR \fIINSTANCE\-ID\fR

\fBeclat mkimg\fR \fB\-\-help\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
This command creates an Amazon EBS-backed AMI from an existing
instance \fIINSTANCE\-ID\fR.  If the instance is running it will be
rebooted, unless the \fB\-N\fR (\fB\-\-noreboot\fR) option is used.
.PP
The \fINAME\fR argument sets the name of the new AMI.
.PP
Upon successful completion the ID of the newly created AMI is printed
on the stdandard output.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-N\fB, \fB\-\-noreboot\fR, \fB\-\-no\-reboot\fR
Don't shut down the instance before creating the image.
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-description\fR=\fISTRING\fR
Set a description for the new image.
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-devmap\fR, \fB\-\-block\-device\-mapping\fR=\fIDEV\fR=\fISPEC\fR
Set block device mapping for the instances to be created from that
AMI.  The \fIDEV\fR part is the device name of the physical device on
the instance to map.  The \fISPEC\fR sets the mapping specification
and can be one of:
.RS 4
.TP
.B none
Disable the existing mapping.  E.g. \fB\-m /dev/xvdb=none\fR disables
the mapping for the device \fB/dev/xvdb\fR.
.TP
.BR ephemeral [0-3]
Map an instance store volume to the device.  E.g. \fB\-m
/dev/xvdb=ephemeral1\fR.
.TP
[\fIsnapshot\-id\fR]:\
[\fIvolume\-size\fR]:\
[\fIDOT\fR]:\
[\fIstandard\fR|\fIio1\fR[:\fIiops\fR]]
Specifies an EBS volume to be mapped to the device.  The
\fIsnapshot\-id\fR specifies the ID of the snapshot to create the
volume from, \fIvolume\-size\fR gives the desired size of the volume
in gigabytes.  The \fIDOT\fR parameter (\fBdelete on termination\fR)
specifies whether the device should be deleted after the instance is
terminated.  Possible values are \fBtrue\fR and \fBfalse\fR.  The last
parameter defines the volume type.  The value \fBstandard\fR instructs
Amazon to create a standard volume.  This is the default.  To create a
provisioned IOPS volume, specify \fBio1\fR.  In that case you can also
supply the number of IOPS that the volume supports in the 
\fIiops\fR argument.  For example, \fB\-m
/dev/xvdf=snap-12345abc::false:io1:500\fR.
.RE
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Display a short usage summary.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR eclat (1),
.BR eclat\-lsimg (1),
.BR eclat\-deimg (1).
.SH AUTHORS
Sergey Poznyakoff
.SH "BUG REPORTS"
Report bugs to <bug\-eclat@gnu.org.ua>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2012, 2013 Sergey Poznyakoff
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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