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Amazon EC2 EBS volume snapshot
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| import boto | |
| # variable settings for instance | |
| snapshots = [("vol-ID", 7)] | |
| instanceID = 'ID' | |
| description = "automated backup" | |
| print "Starting Snapshot Process" | |
| #credentials from boto.cfg | |
| ec2 = boto.connect_ec2() | |
| instance = ec2.get_all_instances([instanceID])[0].instances[0] | |
| for volume, keep_days in snapshots: | |
| snaps = ec2.get_all_snapshots(filters={"volume-id":volume, "description": description}) | |
| print "%s: Creating Snapshot. %s automated snapshots currently exist. " % (volume, len(snaps)) | |
| ec2.create_snapshot(volume, description) | |
| oldSnaps = sorted(snaps, key=lambda x: x.start_time)[:-keep_days] | |
| print "Deleting snapshots for %s > %s: %s" % (volume, keep_days, oldSnaps) | |
| for snap in oldSnaps: | |
| ec2.delete_snapshot(snap.id) | |
| print "Snapshot process finished" |
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