Import Flight Solo Image to AWS

Tip

If you are looking to evaluate the latest release of Flight Solo on AWS then it is recommended to utilise the AWS Marketplace Image - this is identical to the latest release and provides a streamlined launch process

Prepare AWS Account for Image Import

CLI Prerequisites

To set this up, you will need to install the AWS Command Line Interface(CLI). Confirm that you have the prerequisites for the AWS CLI.
Install the AWS CLI by following the AWS guide.
Configure basic the basic AWS CLI by following this guide. There is more information about configuration in other parts of the AWS documentation.

Setup a Bucket

Create a bucket as described in the AWS Documentation
Create a directory within the bucket called images

Create VM Import Policy

Create a vmimport policy file to enable vm import operations. Make a file called trust-policy.json with these contents:

{
"Version": "2022-11-03",
"Statement": [
  {
     "Effect": "Allow",
     "Principal": { "Service": "vmie.amazonaws.com" },
     "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
     "Condition": {
        "StringEquals":{
           "sts:Externalid": "vmimport"
        }
     }
  }
]
}

Create a role from the vmimport policy file.

aws iam create-role --role-name vmimport --assume-role-policy-document "file://trust-policy.json"

Create a bucket association with the vmimport role in a file called role-policy.json, replacing <bucketname> with the name of your S3 bucket.

{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
    {
        "Effect": "Allow",
        "Action": [
            "s3:GetBucketLocation",
            "s3:GetObject",
            "s3:ListBucket",
            "s3:PutObject",
            "s3:GetBucketAcl"
        ],
        "Resource": [
            "arn:aws:s3:::<bucketname>",
            "arn:aws:s3:::<bucketname>/*"
        ]
    },
    {
        "Effect": "Allow",
        "Action": [
            "ec2:ModifySnapshotAttribute",
            "ec2:CopySnapshot",
            "ec2:RegisterImage",
            "ec2:Describe*"
        ],
        "Resource": "*"
    }
]
}

Apply the role policy.

aws iam put-role-policy --role-name vmimport --policy-name vmimport --policy-document "file://role-policy.json"

Upload Image

Download the Flight Solo AWS image here
Upload the downloaded Flight Solo image to a directory called images in the S3 bucket with this command:
```
aws s3 cp Flight_Solo_VERSION_aws.raw s3://<bucketname>/images/
```
Wait until it has finished uploaded before proceeding.

Import Image As Snapshot

Create a file called containers.json with raw disk image information. These are the contents (replace <bucketname> with your bucket name):

{
"Description": "Flight_Solo_VERSION_aws.raw",
"Format": "raw",
"UserBucket": {
    "S3Bucket": "<bucketname>",
    "S3Key": "images/Flight_Solo_VERSION_aws.raw"
    }
}

Import the raw image as a disk snapshot.

aws ec2 import-snapshot --description "Flight_Solo_VERSION_aws.raw" --disk-container "file://containers.json"

Wait until the import is complete. You can check the progress with this command: (replace the import task ID with the ID output of the previous command)
```
aws ec2 describe-import-snapshot-tasks --import-task-ids import-snap-00000000000000000
```

Create AMI from Snapshot

Once imported, the snapshot can be registered as an AMI (replacing VERSION with the version of Flight Solo and SNAPSHOT_ID with the ID of the snapshot created in the previous section)

aws ec2 register-image --name "Flight Solo VERSION" --description "Flight Solo VERSION from snapshot" --block-device-mappings "[{\"DeviceName\": \"/dev/sda1\",\"Ebs\":{\"VolumeSize\":10, \"SnapshotId\":\"SNAPSHOT_ID\"}}]" --root-device-name "/dev/sda1" --architecture x86_64 --ena-support