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description: >
  The Packer UCloud Import post-processor takes the RAW, VHD, VMDK, or qcow2
  artifact from various builders and imports it to UCloud customized image list
  for UHost Instance.
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page_title: UCloud Import Post-Processors
sidebar_title: 'UCloud Import'
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---

# UCloud Import Post-Processor

Type: `ucloud-import`

The Packer UCloud Import post-processor takes the RAW, VHD, VMDK, or qcow2 artifact from various builders and imports it to UCloud customized image list for UHost Instance.

~> **Note** Some regions don't support image import. You may refer to [ucloud console](https://console.ucloud.cn/uhost/uimage) for more detail. If you want to import to unsupported regions, please import the image in `cn-bj2` first, and then copy the image to the target region.

## How Does it Work?

The import process operates by making a temporary copy of the RAW, VHD, VMDK, or qcow2 to an UFile bucket, and calling an import task in UHost on the RAW, VHD, VMDK, or qcow2 file. Once completed, an UCloud UHost Image is returned. The temporary RAW, VHD, VMDK, or qcow2 copy in UFile can be discarded after the import is complete.

## Configuration

There are some configuration options available for the post-processor. There
are two categories: required and optional parameters.

### Required:

- `public_key` - (string) This is the UCloud public key. It must be provided, but it can also be sourced from the `UCLOUD_PUBLIC_KEY` environment variable.

- `private_key` - (string) This is the UCloud private key. It must be provided, but it can also be sourced from the `UCLOUD_PRIVATE_KEY` environment variable.

- `project_id` - (string) This is the UCloud project id. It must be provided, but it can also be sourced from the `UCLOUD_PROJECT_ID` environment variable.

- `region` - (string) This is the UCloud region. It must be provided, but it can also be sourced from the `UCLOUD_REGION` environment variable.

- `image_name` - (string) The name of the user-defined image, which contains 1-63 characters and only supports Chinese, English, numbers, '-\_,.:[]'.

- `ufile_bucket_name` (string) - The name of the UFile bucket where the RAW, VHD, VMDK, or qcow2 file will be copied to for import. This bucket must exist when the post-processor is run.

- `image_os_type` (string) - Type of the OS. Possible values are: `CentOS`, `Ubuntu`, `Windows`, `RedHat`, `Debian`, `Other`. You may refer to [ucloud_api_docs](https://docs.ucloud.cn/api/uhost-api/import_custom_image) for detail.

- `image_os_name` (string) - The name of OS. Such as: `CentOS 7.2 64位`, set `Other` When `image_os_type` is `Other`. You may refer to [ucloud_api_docs](https://docs.ucloud.cn/api/uhost-api/import_custom_image) for detail.

- `format` (string) - The format of the import image , Possible values are: `raw`, `vhd`, `vmdk`, or `qcow2`.

### Optional:

- `base_url` - (string) This is the base url. (Default: `https://api.ucloud.cn`).

- `ufile_key_name` (string) - The name of the object key in
  `ufile_bucket_name` where the RAW, VHD, VMDK, or qcow2 file will be copied
  to import. This is a [template engine](/docs/templates/engine.html).
  Therefore, you may use user variables and template functions in this field.

- `skip_clean` (boolean) - Whether we should skip removing the RAW, VHD, VMDK, or qcow2 file uploaded to UFile after the import process has completed. Possible values are: `true` to leave it in the UFile bucket, `false` to remove it. (Default: `false`).

- `image_description` (string) - The description of the image.

- `wait_image_ready_timeout`(number) - Timeout of importing image. The default timeout is 3600 seconds if this option is not set or is set
  to 0.

## Basic Example

Here is a basic example. This assumes that the builder has produced a RAW artifact for us to work with. This will take the RAW image generated by a builder and upload it to UFile. Once uploaded, the import process will start, creating an UCloud UHost image to the region `cn-bj2`.

```json
"post-processors":[
    {
      "type":"ucloud-import",
      "public_key": "{{user `ucloud_public_key`}}",
      "private_key": "{{user `ucloud_private_key`}}",
      "project_id": "{{user `ucloud_project_id`}}",
      "region":"cn-bj2",
      "ufile_bucket_name": "packer-import",
      "image_name": "packer_import",
      "image_os_type": "CentOS",
      "image_os_name": "CentOS 6.10 64位",
      "format": "raw"
    }
  ]
```
