{"id":651,"date":"2016-06-29T22:42:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T17:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pheonixsolutions.com\/?p=651"},"modified":"2016-06-29T22:44:54","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T17:14:54","slug":"python-script-to-take-amazon-volume-backup-of-an-instance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/python-script-to-take-amazon-volume-backup-of-an-instance\/","title":{"rendered":"Python script to take Amazon volume backup of an instance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Assumption:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>AWS access key has a privilege to create snapshot.<\/li>\n<li>Aws Tag name has to be passed as an argument.<\/li>\n<li>Replace aws access key and secret key with proper keys<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre>#!\/usr\/bin\/python\r\n#Author:Dhanasekaran N\r\n#Email:dhanasekaran.n16@gmail.com\r\n#Version:1.0\r\n#Here come I.......\r\nfrom datetime import datetime, timedelta\r\nimport datetime\r\nimport time\r\nfrom dateutil import parser\r\nimport sys,os,time,re,argparse\r\nimport boto,boto.ec2,boto.utils\r\nconn=boto.ec2.connect_to_region('ap-southeast-1', aws_access_key_id='XXXXXXXXXXXX',aws_secret_access_key='XXXXXXXXXXXXXX');\r\n\r\nreservations=conn.get_all_instances()\r\nall_volumes_info = conn.get_all_volumes()\r\n\r\n\r\ncommand_line_instance=sys.argv[1];\r\nfor name in reservations:\r\n\tfor instance in name.instances:\r\n\t\taws_inst_name=instance.tags.get(\"Name\")\r\n\t\t#print aws_inst_name\r\n\t\tif(aws_inst_name == command_line_instance):\r\n\t\t\tprint \"perfect\" + command_line_instance;\r\n\t\t\tfor volumes in all_volumes_info:\r\n\t\t\t\tif volumes.attach_data.instance_id == instance.id:\r\n\t\t\t\t\tprint \"Taking backup of volumes\";\r\n\t\t\t\t\tsnapshot=conn.create_snapshot(volumes.id,command_line_instance);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tprint \"Instance ID:%s\" %(instance.id);\r\n\t\t\t\t\tprint \"Volume ID:%s\" %(volumes.id);\r\n\t\t\t\t\tprint \"Instance Name:%s\" %(aws_inst_name);\r\n\t\t\t\t\tprint \"Snapshot ID:%s\" %(snapshot.id);\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Usage<\/strong><br \/>\npython aws_create_snapshot.py AWS_INSTANCE_NAME<\/p>\n<p>Future post with retention period and may be with configuration \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assumption: AWS access key has a privilege to create snapshot. 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