Creating an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) file

Upload the appliance VHD image to Amazon EC2 and create an AMI so that it can be deployed in Amazon EC2.

1. Download and install the Amazon EC2 API Tools. You can download the tool from the Amazon EC2 API Tools page.
2. Run the following commands in the specified sequence to upload the VHD to Amazon EC2 and create an AMI.

   Sequence	Command	Description
   1	ec2-import-volume	Imports the appliance VHD into Amazon EC2.
   2	ec2-describe-conversion-tasks	Monitors the ec2-import-volume task to show when the task is complete.
   3	ec2-create-snapshot	Creates a snapshot of the imported disk image. This snapshot is required during the AMI registration process.
   4	ec2-describe-snapshots	Monitors the status of the snapshot creation to show when the snapshot task is complete.
   5	ec2-register	Registers a snapshot as a new AMI. You must use the following parameter values when you register the AMI: architecture: x86_64 root device name: /dev/xvda virtualization type: hvm
   6	ec2-delete-disk-image	Removes the uploaded disk image from the storage bucket. The image is no longer required after you finish registering an AMI from the image.