MISC

On Premises VM to AWS

1. Download and install AWS CLI

2. Get access key to configure AWS CLI

3. Test Your access

4. Create role name should be imported with relevant permission

vi trust-policy.json //Copy the code from https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/required-permissions.html#vmimport-role

aws iam create-role --role-name vmimport --assume-role-policy-document "file://C:\import\trust-policy.json"

5. Export the virtual machine

6. Create bucket and upload image inside S3bucket

7. Import the virtual machine

vi containers.json //copy the code from https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/vmimport-image-import.html#import-image-prereqs

aws ec2 import-image --description "My server VM" --disk-containers "file://C:\import\containers.json"

8. Check the migration status

aws ec2 describe-import-image-tasks --import-task-ids import-ami-1234567890abcdef0

9. Access the virtual machine

10. Test

aws ec2 import-image --description "On-premises-RedHat-VM" --disk-containers

aws ec2 describe-import-image-tasks --import-task-ids import-ami-abcd1234