will/aws-missing-tools
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Region Copy: Updated README with new features

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
Dave Stern 2013-04-10 15:15:57 -04:00
parent 27f88ef5a1
commit b05ddd21c4
1 changed files with 8 additions and 2 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

10
ec2-automate-backup/Beta/README.md
View File

@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ the above example would provide a single backup of the EBS volumeid vol-6d6a0527
ec2-automate-backup requires one of the following two parameters be provided:
`-v <volumeid>` - the "volumeid" parameter is required to select EBS volumes for snapshot if ec2-automate-backup is run using the "volumeid" selection method - the "volumeid" selection method is the default selection method.
`-t <tag>` - the "tag" parameter is required if the "method" of selecting EBS volumes for snapshot is by tag (-s tag). The format for tag is key=value (example: Backup=true) and the correct method for running ec2-automate-backup in this manner is ec2-automate-backup -s tag -t Backup=true.
`-d <destination region(s)>` - the "destination region" parameter is required if the "method" of selecting EBS snapshots for copy to another region is by region (-s regioncopy). The format for `-d` is space-delimited region names such as ec2-automate-backup.sh -s regioncopy -d "us-west-1 us-west-2". This selection method only operates on snapshots.
## Optional Parameters:
`-r <region>` - the region that contains the EBS volumes for which you wish to have a snapshot created.
`-s <selection_method>` - the selection method by which EBS volumes will be selected. Currently supported selection methods are "volumeid" and "tag." The selection method "volumeid" identifies EBS volumes for which a snapshot should be taken by volume id whereas the selection method "tag" identifies EBS volumes for which a snapshot should be taken by a key=value format tag.
`-s <selection_method>` - the selection method by which EBS volumes will be selected. Currently supported selection methods are "volumeid", "tag" and "regioncopy." The selection method "volumeid" identifies EBS volumes for which a snapshot should be taken by volume id whereas the selection method "tag" identifies EBS volumes for which a snapshot should be taken by a key=value format tag. The selection method "regioncopy" identifies regions as destinations for EBS volumes that have been scheduled for copy to that region.
`-c <cron_primer_file>` - running with the -c option and a providing a file will cause ec2-automate-backup to source a file for environmental configuration - ideal for running ec2-automate-backup under cron. An example cron primer file is located in the "Resources" directory and is called cron-primer.sh.
@ -36,14 +38,18 @@ ec2-automate-backup requires one of the following two parameters be provided:
`-k <purge_after_period>` - the period after which a snapshot can be purged. For example, running "ec2-automate-backup.sh -v "vol-6d6a0527 vol-636a0112" -k 31" would allow snapshots to be removed after 31 days. purge_after_period creates two tags for each volume that was backed up - a PurgeAllow tag which is set to PurgeAllow=true and a PurgeAfterFE tag which is set to the number of minutes from epoch after which a snapshot can be purged. Values can also be entered as -k 60m (this would purge snapshots after 60 minutes or -k 2h (this would purge snapshots after 2 hours) or -k 7d (this would purge snapshots after 7 days). With no trailing characters the purge after period defaults to days.
`-p` - the -p flag will purge (meaning delete) all snapshots that where the current date is passed the volumes "PurgeAfterFE" tag. ec2-automate-backup looks at two tags to determine which snapshots should be deleted - the PurgeAllow and PurgeAfterFE tags. The tags must be set as follows: PurgeAllow=true and PurgeAfterFE=xxxxxxxxxx where xxxxxxxxxx is a UNIX time that is before the current date.
`-g <scheduled destination regions>` - Space-delimited destination regions for the volumes selected. This is added when the `-v` or `-t` selection method is used. Note that this only adds a tag that schedules the snapshot to be copied to the destinations. On subsequent calls, the `-d` parameter will intiate copies to the specified regions.
# Potential Uses and Methods of Use:
* To backup multiple EBS volumes use ec2-automate-backup as follows: `ec2-automate-backup -v "vol-6d6a0527 vol-636a0112"`
* To backup multiple EBS volumes and schedule them for copy to two other regions: `ec2-automate-backup -v "vol-6d6a0527 vol-636a0112" -g "us-west-1 us-west-2"`
* To backup a selected group of EBS volumes on a daily schedule tag each volume you wish to backup with the tag "Backup=true" and run ec2-automate-backup using cron as follows: `0 0 * * 0 ec2-automate-backup -s tag -t "Backup=true"`
* To backup a selected group of EBS volumes on a daily and/or monthly schedule tag each volume you wish to backup with the tag "Backup-Daily=true" and/or "Backup-Monthly=true" and run ec2-automate-backup using cron as follows:
- `0 0 * * 0 ec2-user /home/ec2-user/ec2-automate-backup.sh -s tag -t "Backup-Daily=true"`
- `0 0 1 * * ec2-user /home/ec2-user/ec2-automate-backup.sh -s tag -t "Backup-Monthly=true"`
* To perform daily backup using cron and to load environment configuration with a "cron-primer" file:
- `0 0 * * 0 ec2-user /home/ec2-user/ec2-automate-backup.sh -c /home/ec2-user/cron-primer.sh -s tag -t "Backup=True"`
* To initiate the copy of scheduled snapshots to their destination regions: `ec2-automate-backup.sh -s regioncopy -d "us-west-1 us-west-2"`
`-u` - the -u flag will tag snapshots with additional data so that snapshots can be more easily located. Currently the two user tags created are Volume="ebs_volume" and Created="date." These can be easily modified in code.