{"id":651,"date":"2016-06-29T22:42:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T17:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=651"},"modified":"2026-08-01T18:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T13:06:32","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":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshots provide a reliable way to back up the data stored on an Amazon EC2 instance&#8217;s volumes. Automating snapshot creation helps protect critical data, simplifies disaster recovery, and reduces the effort required for manual backups. This article demonstrates a Python script that creates EBS snapshots for all volumes attached to an EC2 instance by specifying the instance&#8217;s <strong>Name<\/strong> tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before running the script, ensure the following requirements are met:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An active AWS account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Python installed on the system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>boto<\/strong> Python library installed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key with permission to create EBS snapshots.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The target EC2 instance must have a <strong>Name<\/strong> tag.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Network connectivity to AWS APIs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The AWS region in the script should match the region where the EC2 instance is running.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IMPLEMENTATION<\/h2>\n\n\n<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\/pythonmaybe\n#Author:Dhanasekaran N\n#Email:dhanasekaran.n16@gmail.com\n#Version:1.0\n#Here come I.......\nfrom datetime import datetime, timedelta\nimport datetime\nimport time\nfrom dateutil import parser\nimport sys,os,time,re,argparse\nimport boto,boto.ec2,boto.utils\nconn=boto.ec2.connect_to_region('ap-southeast-1', aws_access_key_id='XXXXXXXXXXXX',aws_secret_access_key='XXXXXXXXXXXXXX');\n\nreservations=conn.get_all_instances()\nall_volumes_info = conn.get_all_volumes()\n\n\ncommand_line_instance=sys.argv[1];\nfor name in reservations:\n\tfor instance in name.instances:\n\t\taws_inst_name=instance.tags.get(\"Name\")\n\t\t#print aws_inst_name\n\t\tif(aws_inst_name == command_line_instance):\n\t\t\tprint \"perfect\" + command_line_instance;\n\t\t\tfor volumes in all_volumes_info:\n\t\t\t\tif volumes.attach_data.instance_id == instance.id:\n\t\t\t\t\tprint \"Taking backup of volumes\";\n\t\t\t\t\tsnapshot=conn.create_snapshot(volumes.id,command_line_instance);\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tprint \"Instance ID:%s\" %(instance.id);\n\t\t\t\t\tprint \"Volume ID:%s\" %(volumes.id);\n\t\t\t\t\tprint \"Instance Name:%s\" %(aws_inst_name);\n\t\t\t\t\tprint \"Snapshot ID:%s\" %(snapshot.id);\n<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Usage<\/strong><br \/>python aws_create_snapshot.py AWS_INSTANCE_NAME<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Using a Python script to automate Amazon EBS snapshot creation is an efficient way to back up EC2 instance volumes. By simply providing the EC2 instance&#8217;s <strong>Name<\/strong> tag, the script identifies all attached EBS volumes and creates snapshots for each of them. This approach helps streamline backup operations and can be further enhanced by implementing features such as snapshot retention, automated scheduling with cron or AWS EventBridge, logging, notifications, and the use of IAM roles instead of hardcoded AWS credentials for improved security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshots provide a reliable way to back up the data stored on an Amazon EC2 instance&#8217;s volumes. Automating snapshot creation helps protect critical data, simplifies disaster recovery, and reduces the effort required for manual backups. 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