aws datasync create-task
Creates a task. A task includes a source location and a destination location, and a configuration that specifies how data is transferred. A task always transfers data from the source location to the destination location. The configuration specifies options such as task scheduling, bandwidth limits, etc. A task is the complete definition of a data transfer. When you create a task that transfers data between AWS services in different AWS Regions, one of the two locations that you specify must reside in the Region where DataSync is being used. The other location must be specified in a different Region. You can transfer data between commercial AWS Regions except for China, or between AWS GovCloud (US-East and US-West) Regions. When you use DataSync to copy files or objects between AWS Regions, you pay for data transfer between Regions. This is billed as data transfer OUT from your source Region to your destination Region. For more information, see Data Transfer pricing
Options
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
--source-location-arn <string> | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the source location for the task |
--destination-location-arn <string> | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of an AWS storage resource's location |
--cloud-watch-log-group-arn <string> | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Amazon CloudWatch log group that is used to monitor and log events in the task |
--name <string> | The name of a task. This value is a text reference that is used to identify the task in the console |
--options <structure> | The set of configuration options that control the behavior of a single execution of the task that occurs when you call StartTaskExecution. You can configure these options to preserve metadata such as user ID (UID) and group ID (GID), file permissions, data integrity verification, and so on. For each individual task execution, you can override these options by specifying the OverrideOptions before starting the task execution. For more information, see the operation |
--excludes <list> | A list of filter rules that determines which files to exclude from a task. The list should contain a single filter string that consists of the patterns to exclude. The patterns are delimited by "|" (that is, a pipe), for example, "/folder1|/folder2" |
--schedule <structure> | Specifies a schedule used to periodically transfer files from a source to a destination location. The schedule should be specified in UTC time. For more information, see task-scheduling |
--tags <list> | The key-value pair that represents the tag that you want to add to the resource. The value can be an empty string |
--cli-input-json <string> | Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by ``--generate-cli-skeleton``. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally |
--generate-cli-skeleton <string> | Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value ``input``, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for ``--cli-input-json``. If provided with the value ``output``, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command |