Determine the Amazon Web Services storage region
You need the Amazon Web Services (AWS) storage region to convert an OVA image to an AWS AMI image.
Use the AWS console to determine the AWS storage region
- Open a browser and go to https://signin.aws.amazon.com/.
- Sign in to the AWS console.
- The storage region appears in upper-right corner of the console beside the account information.
Use the command-line tool to determine the AWS storage region
- Open a terminal window.
- Run the aws configure list command to determine your current storage region.
- The storage region appears in the command results:
$ aws configure list ... region us-east-1 config file ~/.aws/config ...
For more information on AWS regions and availability zones see Regions and Availability Zones in the Amazon Web Services documentation.