automated-ebs-snapshots 0.4.1
Automatic backup management of AWS EC2 EBS volumes
License: Apache License, Version 2.0
Keywords: aws amazon web services ec2 ebs snapshot

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Automated EBS Snapshots helps you ensure that you have up to date snapshots of
your EBS volumes.

All you need to do to get started is documented below.

Installation
------------
::

    pip install automated-ebs-snapshots

Authentication configuration
----------------------------

Automated EBS snapshots can be configured either via command line options or using a configuration file.

Command line options
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You can use the following command line options to authenticate to AWS.
::

    AWS configuration options:
      --access-key-id ACCESS_KEY_ID
                            AWS access key
      --secret-access-key SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
                            AWS secret access key
      --region REGION       AWS region

Configuration file
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Create a configuration file anywhere on you file system.
::

    [general]
    access-key-id: xxxx
    secret-access-key: xxxxxxxx
    region: eu-west-1

Then use the ``--config`` command line option to point at your configuration file.

Watching and unwatching volumes
-------------------------------

Start watching a volume
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

In order to enable automatic snapshots, you need to start watching the volume.
The following command will add ``vol-13245678`` to the watchlist with snapshots
created daily.
::

    automated-ebs-snapshots --config ~/auto-ebs-snapshots.conf --watch vol-12345678 --interval daily

Add volumes to watch list
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

To add lots of volumes in one time, we can create a configuration file to define volumes(support volume id or Name tag), interval and retention.
::

  vol-d9d6d6af,weekly,2
  volume1,weekly,4
  volume2,daily,0

Then run the following command
::

    automated-ebs-snapshots --config ~/auto-ebs-snapshots.conf --watch-file volumes.conf

List watched volumes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

List the currently watched volumes and their backup interval
::

    automated-ebs-snapshots --config ~/automated-ebs-snapshots.conf --list

Stop watching a volume
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

To stop creating automated backups for a volume, run this:
::

    automated-ebs-snapshots --config ~/automated-ebs-snapshots.conf --unwatch vol-12345678

Remove volumes from watch list
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

To remove all volumes in the configuration file, just run:
::

    automated-ebs-snapshots --config ~/auto-ebs-snapshots.conf --unwatch-file volumes.conf

List snapshots for a volume
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

List all snapshots for the given volume id or volume name
::

    automated-ebs-snapshots --config ~/automated-ebs-snapshots.conf --snapshots vol-d9d6d6af

Creating snapshots
------------------

Now, to start taking snapshots you will need to have Automated EBS Snapshots running. You can either run ``automated-ebs-snapshots`` manually (i.e. scheduled in crontab or such) or have it running in daemon mode.

Manual execution
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Running ``automated-ebs-snapshots`` manually:
::

    automated-ebs-snapshots --config ~/automated-ebs-snapshots.conf --run

It will check if there are any volumes with no or too old snapshots. New
snapshots will be created if needed.

Daemon mode
^^^^^^^^^^^
Start the daemon by running
::

  automated-ebs-snapshots --config ~/automated-ebs-snapshots.conf --daemon start

Stop the daemon with
::

  automated-ebs-snapshots --config ~/automated-ebs-snapshots.conf --daemon stop

You can also restart it using
::

  automated-ebs-snapshots --config ~/automated-ebs-snapshots.conf --daemon restart

Release notes
-------------

0.4.1
^^^^^

- Fix for logging incorrect region information when using instance role (`#19 <https://github.com/skymill/automated-ebs-snapshots/pull/19>`__). Thanks `@robaman <https://github.com/robaman>`__ for the pull request

0.4.0
^^^^^

- Added support for reading volumes from file (`#13 <https://github.com/skymill/automated-ebs-snapshots/issues/13>`__). Thanks `@yumminhuang <https://github.com/yumminhuang>`__ for the pull request
- Now supports managing volumes by tag `Name` in addition to `volume-id` (`#13 <https://github.com/skymill/automated-ebs-snapshots/issues/13>`__). Thanks `@yumminhuang <https://github.com/yumminhuang>`__ for the pull request

0.3.2
^^^^^

- Bumped requirement to boto >= 2.29.0 (`#7 <https://github.com/skymill/automated-ebs-snapshots/issues/7>`__)

0.3.1
^^^^^

- Fixed IAM Instance Profile authentication for boto >= 2.29.0 (`#6 <https://github.com/skymill/automated-ebs-snapshots/issues/6>`__)

0.3.0
^^^^^

- Print volume Name tag in --list (`#3 <https://github.com/skymill/automated-ebs-snapshots/issues/3>`__)
- Support authentication using instance profiles (`#5 <https://github.com/skymill/automated-ebs-snapshots/issues/5>`__)
- Only write logs to file if --log-file is specified (`#2 <https://github.com/skymill/automated-ebs-snapshots/issues/2>`__)

Author
------

This project is maintained by `Sebastian Dahlgren <http://www.sebastiandahlgren.se>`__ and it is supported by `Skymill Solutions <http://www.skymillsolutions.com>`__.

License
-------

APACHE LICENSE 2.0
Copyright 2014 Skymill Solutions

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   `http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>`__

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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