Importing

How to Import an Existing EBS-backed Amazon Instance into BitNami Cloud Hosting

The Import feature allows you to import a server ("instance") that you launched outside of BitNami Cloud Hosting into the console so that you can use BitNami Cloud Hosting for automatic backups, resizing, monitoring and other tasks. Note that this feature currently only supports EBS-backed instances (as opposed to those that use S3) that were launched using one of the BitNami AMIs.

To import your instance, you must first connect to it via SSH (see this article for more info). Then, execute the following commands: 

64-bit instances

wget http://downloads.bitnami.org/files/download/bitnami-cloud-import-x64.run
chmod a+x ./bitnami-cloud-import-x64.run
sudo ./bitnami-cloud-import-x64.run

32-bit instances

wget http://downloads.bitnami.org/files/download/bitnami-cloud-import.run
chmod a+x ./bitnami-cloud-import.run
sudo ./bitnami-cloud-import.run

And follow the import tool instructions:

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BitNami Cloud Hosting Tool for importing AWS machines
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BitNami Cloud Hosting Authentication
Please provide your credentials
Login []: my-email@example.com
Password : <your-bitnami-cloud-hosting-password>

We are ready to migrate your machine and import to the BitNami Cloud Hosting console.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]:

Info: Your machine has been imported successfully! You can login to the BitNami
Cloud Hosting console now and manage your server.

Login to the BitNami Cloud Hosting console and go to the servers section. Your machine will be already visible over there. Now you can manage it the same way as other BitNami Cloud Hosting based instances:

Please contact us via BitNami Help Desk: helpdesk.bitnami.org if you have any questions.