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• Output: outputs an Amazon EC2 connection. The output of this activity should be used as input for all Connection parameters used for all activities placed under AmazonEc2 category.

Create OS Image

This activity creates an operating system image.

Activity Parameters

The Create OS Image activity parameters can be provided by manual inserted values or via IN arguments or variables:

Image Added

Parameters:

• Connection (text box editor type): the AmazonEC2 connection, obtained after using a ConnectToAmazonEC2 activity
• Description (text box editor type): enter the description for the new operating system image
• Instance Id (text box editor type): enter the existing instance Id for the new operating system image
• Name (text box editor type): enter the name for the new operating system image
• No Reboot (text box editor type): by default, Amazon EC2 attempts to shut down and reboot the instance before creating the image. If the No Reboot option is set, Amazon EC2 does not shut down the instance before creating the image. When this option is used, file system integrity on the created image can not be guaranteed

The Read Only Output variable is the possible output value that the activity will provide:

• Output Image Id: outputs the ID of the newly created operating system image.