Issue importing an image as an AMI

Question

I am trying to import an image as an AMI and I keep getting the message below. I am using RHEL7. I have converted the file to raw. I have put the file in the S3 bucket.

When I type the command below

aws ec2 describe-import-image-tasks --import-task-ids import-ami-(number)

I get the following error.

"Status": "deleted",
"StatusMessage": "ClientError: No valid partitions. Not a valid volume.",

I am running the following command to import the image as an AMI.

aws ec2 import-image --description "Image Name" --license-type BYOL --disk-containers file://containers.json

My containers.json file looks like

[
  {
    "Description": "Image Name",
    "Format": "raw",
    "UserBucket": {
        "S3Bucket": "my-import-bucket-name",
        "S3Key": "imagename.raw"
    }
  }
]

Please advise. Note: When I posted this on here the formatting got messed up.

Answer

Hi THere

You mentioned that you converted the file format to raw.  What do you mean by that?  What environment are you exporting your VM from?  Can you try one of the other formats listed here?  https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/vmimport-image-import.html#export-vm-image

Issue importing an image as an AMI

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