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Create EC2 AMI from Bash Script; Good for cron jobs
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| PATH=/bin:/usr/local/bin | |
| # Put this in your crontab file to run the script every day at 01:30 (1:30am). Note the PATH variable above; required for this script. | |
| # m h dom mon dow command | |
| 30 01 * * * /bin/bash /home/ubuntu/scripts/ec2-create-image.sh i-8a915682 >> /home/ubuntu/logs/crontab.log 2>&1 |
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # | |
| # @Purpose Creates an image (AMI) of the given EC2 instance | |
| # @Background Meant to be run as a cronjob. Requires that awscli is installed. Assumes that the | |
| # instance running this command has the permission ec2:CreateImage assigned via IAM. | |
| # | |
| # @Usage: ec2-create-image <instance-id> | |
| # | |
| DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M) | |
| AMI_NAME="Wordpress Backup - $DATE" | |
| AMI_DESCRIPTION="Wordpress Backup - $DATE" | |
| INSTANCE_ID=$1 | |
| printf "Requesting AMI for instance $1...\n" | |
| aws ec2 create-image --instance-id $1 --name "$AMI_NAME" --description "$AMI_DESCRIPTION" --no-reboot | |
| if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then | |
| printf "AMI request complete!\n" | |
| fi |
Sorry if this is off-topic, but does anyone know of a script to deregister the AMI's and delete the associated snapshots/volumes after a given period of time (say 30 days)? It appears there is a snapshot life cycle policy on the console, but you cannot delete a snapshot until the ami is deregistered.
The only solution I can think of is, naming each image chronologically 1 though N and deregistering all images that are named greater than N. Any thoughts?
Hi tln8679, I came across this article that might help you out:
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Sorry if this is off-topic, but does anyone know of a script to deregister the AMI's and delete the associated snapshots/volumes after a given period of time (say 30 days)? It appears there is a snapshot life cycle policy on the console, but you cannot delete a snapshot until the ami is deregistered.
The only solution I can think of is, naming each image chronologically 1 though N and deregistering all images that are named greater than N. Any thoughts?