CreateImage
Last updated: 2019-12-05 20:39:00
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1. API Description
Domain name for API request: cvm.tencentcloudapi.com.
This API is used to create a new image with the system disk of an instance. The image can be used to create new instances.
A maximum of 10 requests can be initiated per second for this API.
Note: This API supports Finance regions. If the common parameter Region is a Finance region, a domain name with the Finance region needs to be specified, for example: cvm.ap-shanghai-fsi.tencentcloudapi.com
2. Input Parameters
The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters and some common parameters.
| Parameter Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Action | Yes | String | Common parameter. The value used for this API: CreateImage |
| Version | Yes | String | Common parameter. The value used for this API: 2017-03-12 |
| Region | Yes | String | Common parameter. |
| ImageName | Yes | String | Image name |
| InstanceId | No | String | The ID of the instance used to create an image |
| ImageDescription | No | String | Image description |
| ForcePoweroff | No | String | Whether to force shut down an instance to create an image when a soft shutdown fails |
| Sysprep | No | String | Whether to enable Sysprep when creating a Windows image |
| DataDiskIds.N | No | Array of String | The ID of the data disk used to create an image |
| SnapshotIds.N | No | Array of String | The ID of the snapshot used to create an image. A system disk snapshot must be included. |
| DryRun | No | Boolean | Verifies the validity of the request without affecting the resources involved. |
3. Output Parameters
| Parameter Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ImageId | String | Image ID Note: This field may return null, indicating that no valid value was found. |
| RequestId | String | The unique request ID, which is returned for each request. RequestId is required for locating a problem. |
4. Example
Example1 Creating an image
This example shows you how to create an image from the instance “ins-6pb6lrmy”. If an instance is running, perform a soft shutdown. If the soft shutdown fails, the task will end.
Input Example
GET https://cvm.tencentcloudapi.com/?Action=CreateImage
&InstanceId=ins-6pb6lrmy
&ImageName="name"
&<Common request parameters>Output Example
{
"Response": {
"RequestId": "71e69b56-32be-4412-ab45-49eded6a87be"
}
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6. Error Code
The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see Common Error Codes.
| Error Code | Description |
|---|---|
| ImageQuotaLimitExceeded | The image quota has been exceeded. |
| InvalidImageName.Duplicate | The specified image name already exists. |
| InvalidInstance.NotSupported | This instance is not supported. |
| InvalidInstanceId.NotFound | No instance found. |
| InvalidParameter.DataDiskIdContainsRootDisk | RootDisk should not be passed to DataDiskIds. |
| InvalidParameter.DataDiskNotBelongSpecifiedInstance | The specified data disk does not belong to the specified instance. |
| InvalidParameter.DuplicateSystemSnapshots | Only one system disk snapshot can be included. |
| InvalidParameter.InstanceImageNotSupport | This API does not support instance images. |
| InvalidParameter.InvalidDependence | Invalid parameter dependency. |
| InvalidParameter.LocalDataDiskNotSupport | Local disks cannot be used to create instance images. |
| InvalidParameter.SnapshotNotFound | The specified snapshot does not exist. |
| InvalidParameter.SwapDiskNotSupport | Swap disks are not supported. |
| InvalidParameter.SystemSnapshotNotFound | The parameter does not contain system disk snapshot. |
| InvalidParameter.ValueTooLarge | The length of parameter exceeds the limit. |
| MutexOperation.TaskRunning | An identical job is running. |
