diff --git a/scripts/cloud_import.sh b/scripts/cloud_import.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+
+set -x
+
+ami_import=""
+s3_import=""
+today=$(date +%Y-%m-%d.%H:%M:%S)
+BUCKET=${3:-cloug-vms}
+IMG_NAME=${1:-current.img}
+DESC=${2:-"${USER} ${today}"}
+
+function finish {
+    if [[ ! -z "$ami_import" && -e $ami_import ]]; then
+        rm $ami_import
+    fi
+    if [[ ! -z "$s3_import" && -e $s3_import ]]; then
+        rm $s3_import
+    fi
+}
+
+trap finish EXIT
+
+if [ $# == 0 ]; then
+        echo "$(basename $0) IMG_TO_IMPORT [\"a description\"] [BUCKET_NAME]"
+        exit 0
+fi
+
+S3_IMPORT="
+{
+	\"Description\": \"${DESC}\",
+	\"Format\": \"raw\",
+	\"UserBucket\": {
+		\"S3Bucket\": \"${BUCKET}\",
+		\"S3Key\": \"${IMG_NAME}\"
+	}
+}
+"
+
+aws s3 cp ${1:-current.img} s3://$BUCKET
+
+s3_import=$(mktemp)
+echo ${S3_IMPORT} > ${s3_import}
+import_id=$(aws ec2 import-snapshot --description ${DESC} --disk-container file://${s3_import} | grep ImportTaskId | grep ImportTaskId | awk -F: '{print $2}' | sed "s/[ \"]//g")
+
+echo "Wainting for snapshot with import id : $import_id"
+_SNAP=""
+while [[ -z ${_SNAP} ]]; do
+	_SNAP=$(aws ec2 describe-import-snapshot-tasks --import-task-ids $import_id | grep "Status" | grep "complete" ) || true
+	echo "."
+	sleep 5
+done
+rm $s3_import
+
+_SNAP=$(aws ec2 describe-import-snapshot-tasks --import-task-ids $import_id | grep SnapshotId | grep -Eo "snap-[[:alnum:]]*")
+
+echo "Snaphot Id ${_SNAP}"
+
+AMI_IMPORT="
+[
+  {
+    \"DeviceName\": \"/dev/sda1\",
+    \"Ebs\": {
+      \"SnapshotId\": \"${_SNAP}\",
+      \"VolumeType\": \"gp2\"
+    }
+  }
+]
+"
+
+ami_import=$(mktemp)
+echo "$AMI_IMPORT" > ${ami_import}
+ami=$(aws ec2 register-image --name "$DESC" --architecture x86_64 --virtualization-type hvm --root-device-name "/dev/sda1" --block-device-mappings file://${ami_import})
+
+rm $ami_import
+echo ${ami}
+