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**To export an instance**
This example command creates a task to export the instance i-1234567890abcdef0 to the Amazon S3 bucket
myexportbucket.
Command::
aws ec2 create-instance-export-task --description "RHEL5 instance" --instance-id i-1234567890abcdef0 --target-environment vmware --export-to-s3-task DiskImageFormat=vmdk,ContainerFormat=ova,S3Bucket=myexportbucket,S3Prefix=RHEL5
Output::
{
"ExportTask": {
"State": "active",
"InstanceExportDetails": {
"InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0",
"TargetEnvironment": "vmware"
},
"ExportToS3Task": {
"S3Bucket": "myexportbucket",
"S3Key": "RHEL5export-i-fh8sjjsq.ova",
"DiskImageFormat": "vmdk",
"ContainerFormat": "ova"
},
"Description": "RHEL5 instance",
"ExportTaskId": "export-i-fh8sjjsq"
}
}