# Import existing aws VM

**URL:** <https://forum.opennebula.io/t/import-existing-aws-vm/379>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [March 10, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/import-existing-aws-vm/379 "2015-03-10T17:39:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpetit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@mpetit](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/mpetit)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/import-existing-aws-vm/379/1 "2015-03-10T17:39:39Z")

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Hello,

Can we manage virtual machine already create on the AWS site web through OpenNebula ?

Cheers

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**Author:** ![ruben](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/ruben/32/19_2.png) [@ruben](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/ruben)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/import-existing-aws-vm/379/2 "2015-03-11T09:07:33Z")

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Currently there is no automatic procedure to do this but all the logic is  
in the code. You would need to create a template like this:

```auto
NAME=<name_of_imported_vm>
CPU=<capacity of instance>
MEMORY=<capacity of instance>

VM_IMPORTED_ID=<instance ID on EC2>
PUBLIC_CLOUD=[TYPE="EC2"]

```

I think that should be enough but I didn’t test it myself. For next release  
(4.14) we want to deliver this importing tool for all the supported  
hypervisors (currently only vcenter has it).