AWS AMI creation and management

Introduction

Vocabulary

AMI - Amazon Machine Image.

References

• Import a VM to Amazon EC2 as an image using VM Import/Export
• Amazon Machine Images in Amazon EC2
• Troubleshooting VM Import/Export
• Help with EC2 Image Import – "InvalidParameter:..."
• An error occurred (InvalidParameter) when calling the ImportImage operation: The service role vmimport does not exist
• Import your VM as an image
• Monitor an import image task
• Programmatic modifications made to VMs by VM Import/Export
• Import a VM to Amazon EC2 as an image using VM Import/Export
• Best practices for Amazon EC2

vmimport role

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "s3:GetBucketLocation",
                "s3:GetObject",
                "s3:ListBucket"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:s3:::test-qcow-982534387104",
                "arn:aws:s3:::test-qcow-982534387104/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "ec2:ModifySnapshotAttribute",
                "ec2:CopySnapshot",
                "ec2:RegisterImage",
                "ec2:Describe*"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}

Troubleshooting

An error occurred (InvalidParameter) when calling the ImportImage operation: The service role vmimport provided does not exist or does not have sufficient permissions.

• Troubleshooting VM Import/Export
• Help with EC2 Image Import – "InvalidParameter: The service role provided does not exist or does not have sufficient permissions" error

import_vmdk_to_aws.sh my-image-2026-2.vmdk


An error occurred (InvalidParameter) when calling the ImportImage operation: The service role vmimport provided does not exist or does not have sufficient permissions.