# ExportToS3TaskSpecification
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Describes an export instance task.

## Contents
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 ** ContainerFormat **   
The container format used to combine disk images with metadata (such as OVF). If absent, only the disk image is exported.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `ova`   
Required: No

 ** DiskImageFormat **   
The format for the exported image.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `VMDK | RAW | VHD`   
Required: No

 ** S3Bucket **   
The Amazon S3 bucket for the destination image. The destination bucket must exist and have an access control list (ACL) attached that specifies the Region-specific canonical account ID for the `Grantee`. For more information about the ACL to your S3 bucket, see [Prerequisites](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/vmexport.html#vmexport-prerequisites) in the VM Import/Export User Guide.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** S3Prefix **   
The image is written to a single object in the Amazon S3 bucket at the S3 key s3prefix \$1 exportTaskId \$1 '.' \$1 diskImageFormat.  
Type: String  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ec2-2016-11-15/ExportToS3TaskSpecification) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ec2-2016-11-15/ExportToS3TaskSpecification) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ec2-2016-11-15/ExportToS3TaskSpecification)