From ac2eaa7a4e0ea8e1e71d97af8649e99037ee1b24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Johnson Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 23:28:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] provide installation instructions for the AWS CLI tool or EC2 API tool. --- ec2-automate-backup/README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/ec2-automate-backup/README.md b/ec2-automate-backup/README.md index af5c83d..6f9c903 100644 --- a/ec2-automate-backup/README.md +++ b/ec2-automate-backup/README.md @@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ ec2-automate-backup was created to provide easy backup/snapshot functionality fo * run ec2-automate-backup using cron to produce a daily backup (example: `"0 0 * * 0 ec2-user /home/ec2-user/ec2-automate-backup.sh -v "vol-6d6a0527 vol-636a0112" > /home/ec2-user/ec2-automate-backup_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.log"`) * run ec2-automate-backup to snapshot all EBS volumes that contain the tag "Backup=true" (example: `"0 0 * * 0 ec2-user /home/ec2-user/ec2-automate-backup.sh -s tag -t "Backup=true" > /home/ec2-user/ec2-automate-backup_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.log"`) +# Installation Instructions: +## ec2-automate-backup-awscli.sh (Recommended) +ec2-automate-backup.sh requires AWS Command Line Interface tools be installed and properly configured. Instructions for installing this tool is available at http://aws.amazon.com/cli/. + +## for ec2-automate-backup.sh +ec2-automate-backup.sh requires that the EC2 API Tools be installed and properly configured. Instructions for installing these tools is avaiable at http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference/set-up-ec2-cli-linux.html. + # Directions For Use: ## Example of Use: `ec2-automate-backup -v vol-6d6a0527`