Package: graffiti_monkey
The Graffiti Monkey goes around tagging things. By looking at the tags an EC2
instance has, it copies those tags to the EBS Volumes that are attached to it,
and then copies those tags to the EBS Snapshots.Usageusage: graffiti-monkey [-h] [--region REGION] [--profile PROFILE] [--verbose] [--version] [--config CONFIG.YML] [--dryrun]

Propagates tags from AWS EC2 instances to EBS volumes, and then to EBS
snapshots. This makes it much easier to find things down the road.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help           show this help message and exit
  --region REGION      the region to tag things in (default is current region of
                       EC2 instance this is running on). E.g. us-east-1
  --profile PROFILE    the profile to use to connect to EC2 (default is 'default',
                       see Boto docs for profile credential options)
  --verbose, -v        enable verbose output (-vvv for more)
  --version            display version number and exit
  --config CONFIG.YML  read a yaml configuration file.  specify tags to propagate without changing code.
  --dryrun             dryrun only, display tagging actions but do not perform them
  --append             append propagated tags to existing tags (up to a total of ten tags). When not set,
                       graffiti-monkey will overwrite existing tags.ExamplesSuppose you have the following inus-east-1:i-abcd1234
  - Tags:
    - Name: "Instance 1"

vol-bcde3456
  - Attached to i-abcd1234 on /dev/sda1

snap-cdef4567
  - Snapshot of vol-bcde3456When you run:graffiti-monkey --region us-east-1First, Graffiti Monkey will set the EBS volume tagsvol-bcde3456
  - Tags:
    - Name: "Instance 1"
    - instance_id: i-abcd1234
    - device: /dev/sda1and then it will set the tags on the EBS Snapshotsnap-cdef4567
  - Tags:
    - Name: "Instance 1"
    - instance_id: i-abcd1234
    - device: /dev/sda1InstallationYou can install Graffiti Monkey using the usual PyPI channels. Example:sudo pip install graffiti_monkeyYou can find the package details here:https://pypi.python.org/pypi/graffiti_monkeyAlternatively, if you prefer to install from source:git clone git@github.com:Answers4AWS/graffiti-monkey.git
cd graffiti-monkey
python setup.py installConfigurationThis project usesBototo
call the AWS APIs. You can pass your AWS credentials to Boto can by using a.botofile, IAM Roles or environment variables. Full information can be
found here:http://boto.readthedocs.org/en/latest/boto_config_tut.htmlGraffiti-monkey itself can be configured using a yaml file---
#region: us-west-1
_instance_tags_to_propagate:
  - 'Name'
  - 'Owner'

_volume_tags_to_propagate:
  - 'Name'
  - 'instance_id'
  - 'device'
  - 'Owner'_instance_tags_to_propagateis used to define the tags that are propagated
from an instance to its volumes._volume_tags_to_propagatedefines the tags
that are propagated from a volume to its snapshots.When using yaml configuration files you need to have pyYAML. This can be easily setupusing pippip install PyYAML.  If you don’t use config files you don’t have
this limitation.WikiCan be found here:https://github.com/Answers4AWS/graffiti-monkey/wikiSource CodeThe Python source code for Graffiti Monkey is available on GitHub:https://github.com/Answers4AWS/graffiti-monkeyAbout Answers for AWSThis code was written byPeter
Sankauskas, founder ofAnswers for
AWS- a company focused on helping businesses
learn how to use AWS, without doing it the hard way. If you are looking for help
with AWS, pleasecontact us.LicenseCopyright 2013 Answers for AWS LLCLicensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”); you may
not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
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