Create AMIs + Launch Configurations for non aws-cli experts for use in AutoScaling Groups

create_ami.sh

#!/bin/sh

#
# Copyright: 2017-2019 - B. Teller
# Created by: Brian Teller
# Description: Help non-shell or AWS experts create easy + quick AMIs for use within AutoScaling Groups
#

upSeconds="$(tail /proc/uptime | grep -o '^[0-9]\+')"
upMins=$((upSeconds / 60))

if [ "${upMins}" -lt "2" ]
then
        upMins2=$(awk '{print int(($1%3600)/60)" min(s) "int($1%60)" sec(s)"}' /proc/uptime)
        echo "Please wait until system is up for at least 2 minutes, only up for ${upMins2} so far"
        exit
fi

# Always start with '001'
# Edit this via daily crontab: 01 0 * * * reset_ami_number.sh
increment_number="001"

# Verify Launch Configurations exist for latest AMI first, if they dont... exit
aws_name=$(tail /root/aws/current_name.txt | tr -d '"')
lc_checker=$(if aws autoscaling describe-launch-configurations --launch-configuration-names "$aws_name"-micro | grep -q "\"LaunchConfigurations\": \[\]"; then echo "0"; fi)
if [ "$lc_checker" = "0" ]; then
  echo "Cannot Continue - Launch Configuration (Micro) for previous AMI not found! Are you sure you didn't run 1.sh or create_ami.sh previously and forgot to run 2.sh or create_launch_configs.sh after?"
  exit
else
  echo "Launch Configuration (Micro), found for previous AMI (this is a good thing), Continuing..."
fi
lc_checker2=$(if aws autoscaling describe-launch-configurations --launch-configuration-names "$aws_name"-small | grep -q "\"LaunchConfigurations\": \[\]"; then echo "0"; fi)
if [ "$lc_checker2" = "0" ]; then
  echo "Cannot Continue - Launch Configuration (Small) for previous AMI not found! Are you sure you didn't run 1.sh or create_ami.sh previously and forgot to run 2.sh or create_launch_configs.sh after?"
  exit
else
  echo "Launch Configuration (Small), found for previous AMI (this is a good thing), Continuing..."
fi

# Create new AMI
todays_date=$(date +%m-%d-%Y)
prefix_name="ACME-Main"
aws_name2=$prefix_name-$todays_date-$increment_number

dev_id=$(tail /root/aws/this_instance_id.txt | tr -d '"')

echo "$aws_name2" > /root/aws/current_name.txt

aws ec2 create-image \
        --no-dry-run  \
        --instance-id "$dev_id" \
        --name "$aws_name2" \
        --description "$aws_name2" \
        --reboot \
        --block-device-mappings "[{\"DeviceName\": \"/dev/sda1\",\"Ebs\":{\"DeleteOnTermination\":true, \"VolumeType\": \"gp2\"}}]" \
        > /root/aws/current_ami.txt 2>&1

echo "Done. Server Will Now Reboot. When it's back online, log back in and run create_launch_configs.sh (DO NOT FORGET THIS STEP!)"

current_name.txt

# Can start blank

reset_ami_number.sh

#!/bin/sh
sed -i '/increment_number="/c\increment_number="001"' /root/aws/create_ami.sh

this_instance_id.txt

# Should be a 1 line file containing ONLY your EC2 Instance's ID (eg. 'i-0ed5854a0be1c57ae' without quotes)

This is not complete yet.

TODO:

• Restructure scripts within this gist (or github repo)
• Build README.md
• Add create_launch_configs.sh (need to sanitize first)
• Verify all files are accounted for