aws discovery start-import-task
Starts an import task, which allows you to import details of your on-premises environment directly into AWS Migration Hub without having to use the Application Discovery Service (ADS) tools such as the Discovery Connector or Discovery Agent. This gives you the option to perform migration assessment and planning directly from your imported data, including the ability to group your devices as applications and track their migration status. To start an import request, do this: Download the specially formatted comma separated value (CSV) import template, which you can find here: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/templates-7cffcf56-bd96-4b1c-b45b-a5b42f282e46/import_template.csv. Fill out the template with your server and application data. Upload your import file to an Amazon S3 bucket, and make a note of it's Object URL. Your import file must be in the CSV format. Use the console or the StartImportTask command with the AWS CLI or one of the AWS SDKs to import the records from your file. For more information, including step-by-step procedures, see Migration Hub Import in the AWS Application Discovery Service User Guide. There are limits to the number of import tasks you can create (and delete) in an AWS account. For more information, see AWS Application Discovery Service Limits in the AWS Application Discovery Service User Guide
Options
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
--client-request-token <string> | Optional. A unique token that you can provide to prevent the same import request from occurring more than once. If you don't provide a token, a token is automatically generated. Sending more than one StartImportTask request with the same client request token will return information about the original import task with that client request token |
--name <string> | A descriptive name for this request. You can use this name to filter future requests related to this import task, such as identifying applications and servers that were included in this import task. We recommend that you use a meaningful name for each import task |
--import-url <string> | The URL for your import file that you've uploaded to Amazon S3. If you're using the AWS CLI, this URL is structured as follows: s3://BucketName/ImportFileName.CSV |
--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 |