danrigsby

packer build packer.json 2>&1 | sudo tee output.txt
tail -2 output.txt | head -2 | awk 'match($0, /ami-.*/) { print substr($0, RSTART, RLENGTH) }' > sudo ami.txt

lusis

instance_id = "i-XXXXXX"
server = AWS.servers.get(instance_id)
server.block_device_mapping.each do |bd|
  begin
    puts "snapping #{bd["volumeId"]}"
    snap = AWS.snapshots.new(:volume_id => "#{bd['volumeId']}", :description => "#{instance_id}_#{bd['deviceName'].gsub("/","_")}-snap")
    snap.save
    puts "Got it!"
  rescue
    puts "snap failed for #{bd["volumeId"]}. Retrying"

aurels

IO.popen('ant run') do |io|
  while (line = io.gets) do
    puts line
  end
end