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# CreateImage

## 1. 接口描述

本接口(CreateImage)用于创建自定义镜像。

{% hint style="info" %}
**注意事项**

* 每个区域最多只支持创建**5**个自定义镜像，当该地区达到最大限额时，将无法继续创建自定义镜像，如有特殊需求可联系**Support**增加上限。
* 制作镜像会拷贝实例的系统盘，创建时请确保实例处于**关机**状态，不要对实例进行任何操作。
* 创建出的镜像大小与实例的系统盘大小相同。
* 目前**SIN-E**、**LAX-A**地区暂不支持该操作。
  {% endhint %}

## 2. 请求参数

以下请求参数列表仅列出了接口中需要的请求参数

| 参数名称             | 必选 | 类型     | 描述                                              |
| ---------------- | -- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
| instanceId       | 是  | String | 需要制作镜像的实例ID。                                    |
| imageName        | 是  | String | <p>镜像名称。</p><p>长度不超过24位，支持中文、字母、数字或连接符号-\_。</p> |
| imageDescription | 否  | String | <p>镜像描述。</p><p>不超过255个字符。</p>                   |

## 3. 响应结果

| 参数名称      | 类型     | 描述                                                       |
| --------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| requestId | String | <p>唯一请求 ID。</p><p>每次请求都会返回。定位问题时需要提供该次请求的 requestId。</p> |
| imageId   | String | 镜像ID。                                                    |

## 4. 代码示例

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="示例" %}
**1. 创建一个镜像。**

```json
POST /api/v2/vm HTTP/1.1
Host: console.zenlayer.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-ZC-Action: CreateImage
<Common Request Params>

Request:
{
  "instanceId": "your-instance-id",
  "imageName": "testimagename",
  "imageDescription": "testimagedescription"
}

Response:
{
  "requestId": "T69E37B61-4E39-4461-A2BB-205F847D1D60",
  "response": {
    "requestId": "T69E37B61-4E39-4461-A2BB-205F847D1D60",
    "imageId": "img-xxxxx"
  }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## 5. 开发者工具

Zenlayer Cloud API 2.0 提供了配套的[开发工具集（SDK）](/api-reference/cn/api-introduction/toolkit.md)，未来会陆续支持更多开发语言，方便快速接入和使用Zenlayer的产品和服务。

## 6. 错误码

下面包含业务逻辑中遇到的错误码，其他错误码见[公共错误码](/api-reference/cn/api-introduction/instruction/commonerrorcode.md)

| HTTP状态码 | 错误码 | 说明 |
| ------- | --- | -- |


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