Create AWS RDS Sanpshot with waiting

create_rds_snapshot.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Needed sftware: awscli, jq

DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
DB_IDENTIFIER="mysql"
SS=$(aws rds create-db-snapshot --db-snapshot-identifier ${DB_IDENTIFIER}-${DATE} --db-instance-identifier ${DB_IDENTIFIER} | jq -r .DBSnapshot.DBSnapshotArn)

DB_STATUS=""
while [[ "$DB_STATUS" != "available" ]]
do
  echo -ne "."
  sleep 1
  DB_STATUS=$(aws rds describe-db-snapshots --db-snapshot-identifier $SS | jq -r ".DBSnapshots[0].Status")
done
echo
echo "DB Snapshot ${SS} is created"