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#  import-stacks-to-stack-set  Â¶

##  Description  Â¶

Import existing stacks into a new stack sets. Use the stack import operation
to import up to 10 stacks into a new stack set in the same account as the
source stack or in a different administrator account and Region, by specifying
the stack ID of the stack you intend to import.

See also: [ AWS API Documentation
](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/WebAPI/cloudformation-2010-05-15/ImportStacksToStackSet)

##  Synopsis  Â¶

    
    
      import-stacks-to-stack-set
    --stack-set-name <value>
    [--stack-ids <value>]
    [--stack-ids-url <value>]
    [--organizational-unit-ids <value>]
    [--operation-preferences <value>]
    [--operation-id <value>]
    [--call-as <value>]
    [--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
    [--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
    [--debug]
    [--endpoint-url <value>]
    [--no-verify-ssl]
    [--no-paginate]
    [--output <value>]
    [--query <value>]
    [--profile <value>]
    [--region <value>]
    [--version <value>]
    [--color <value>]
    [--no-sign-request]
    [--ca-bundle <value>]
    [--cli-read-timeout <value>]
    [--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
    [--cli-binary-format <value>]
    [--no-cli-pager]
    [--cli-auto-prompt]
    [--no-cli-auto-prompt]
    

##  Options  Â¶

` --stack-set-name  ` (string)

> The name of the stack set. The name must be unique in the Region where you
> create your stack set.

` --stack-ids  ` (list)

> The IDs of the stacks you are importing into a stack set. You import up to
> 10 stacks per stack set at a time.
>
> Specify either ` StackIds  ` or ` StackIdsUrl  ` .
>
> (string)

Syntax:

    
    
    "string" "string" ...
    

` --stack-ids-url  ` (string)

> The Amazon S3 URL which contains list of stack ids to be inputted.
>
> Specify either ` StackIds  ` or ` StackIdsUrl  ` .

` --organizational-unit-ids  ` (list)

> The list of OU IDâs to which the stacks being imported has to be mapped as
> deployment target.
>
> (string)

Syntax:

    
    
    "string" "string" ...
    

` --operation-preferences  ` (structure)

> The user-specified preferences for how CloudF