optional arguments:¶

-p PREFIX, --prefix PREFIX

the file name prefix to give the bundle's files (default: image)

-d DIR, --destination DIR

location to place the bundle's files (default: dir named by TMPDIR, TEMP, or TMP environment variables, or otherwise /var/tmp)

-r {i386,x86_64,armhf,ppc,ppc64,ppc64le}, --arch {i386,x86_64,armhf,ppc,ppc64,ppc64le}

the image's architecture (required)

-e PATH,..., --exclude PATH,...

comma-separated list of paths to exclude

-i PATH,..., --include PATH,...

comma-separated list of paths to include

-s MiB, --size MiB

size of the image to create (default: 10240 MiB)

--no-filter

do not filter out sensitive/system files

--all

include all filesystems regardless of type (default: only include local filesystems)

--inherit

use the metadata service to provide metadata for the bundle (this is the default)

--no-inherit

do not use the metadata service for bundle metadata

-v DIR, --volume DIR

location of the volume from which to create the bundle (default: /)

-P {mbr,gpt,none}, --partition {mbr,gpt,none}

the type of partition table to create (default: attempt to guess based on the existing disk)

-S FILE, --script FILE

location of a script to run immediately before bundling. It will receive the volume's mount point as its only argument.

--fstab FILE

location of an fstab(5) file to copy into the bundled image

--generate-fstab

automatically generate an fstab(5) file for the bundled image

--grub-config FILE

location of a GRUB 1 configuration file to copy to /boot/grub/menu.lst on the bundled image

-k FILE, --privatekey FILE

file containing your private key to sign the bundle's manifest with. This private key will also be required to unbundle the image in the future.

-c FILE, --cert FILE

file containing your X.509 certificate

--ec2cert FILE

file containing the cloud's X.509 certificate

-u ACCOUNT, --user ACCOUNT

your account ID

--kernel IMAGE

ID of the kernel image to associate with this machine image

--ramdisk IMAGE

ID of the ramdisk image to associate with this machine image

-B VIRTUAL1=DEVICE1,VIRTUAL2=DEVICE2,..., --block-device-mappings VIRTUAL1=DEVICE1,VIRTUAL2=DEVICE2,...

block device mapping scheme with which to launch instances of this machine image

--productcodes CODE1,CODE2,...

comma-separated list of product codes for the image

--progress

show progress (the default when run interactively)

--no-progress

do not show progress (the default when run noninteractively)

--debug

show debugging output

--debugger

launch interactive debugger on error

--version

show the program's version and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit