aws-missing-tools/ec2-automate-backup/ec2-automate-backup.sh

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#!/bin/bash -
# Author: Colin Johnson / colin@cloudavail.com
# Date: 2012-09-21
# Version 0.1
# License Type: GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 3
#
#confirms that executables required for succesful script execution are available
prerequisite_check()
{
for prerequisite in basename ec2-create-snapshot ec2-create-tags
do
#use of "hash" chosen as it is a shell builtin and will add programs to hash table, possibly speeding execution. Use of type also considered - open to suggestions.
hash $prerequisite &> /dev/null
if [[ $? == 1 ]] #has exits with exit status of 70, executable was not found
then echo "In order to use `basename $0`, the executable \"$prerequisite\" must be installed." 1>&2 ; exit 70
fi
done
}
#get_EBS_List gets a list of available EBS instances depending upon the selection_method of EBS selection that is provided by user input
get_EBS_List()
{
case $selection_method in
volumeid)
if [[ -z $volumeid ]]
then echo "The selection method \"volumeid\" (which is $app_name's default selection_method of operation or requested by using the -s volumeid parameter) requires a volumeid (-v volumeid) for operation. Correct usage is as follows: \"-v vol-6d6a0527\",\"-s volumeid -v vol-6d6a0527\" or \"-v \"vol-6d6a0527 vol-636a0112\"\" if multiple volumes are to be selected." 1>&2 ; exit 64
fi
ebs_selection_string="$volumeid"
;;
tag)
if [[ -z $tag ]]
then echo "The selected selection_method \"tag\" (-s tag) requires a valid tag (-t key=value) for operation. Correct usage is as follows: \"-s tag -t backup=true\" or \"-s tag -t Name=my_tag.\"" 1>&2 ; exit 64
fi
ebs_selection_string="--filter tag:$tag"
;;
*) echo "If you specify a selection_method (-s selection_method) for selecting EBS volumes you must select either \"volumeid\" (-s volumeid) or \"tag\" (-s tag)." 1>&2 ; exit 64 ;;
esac
#creates a list of all ebs volumes that match the selection string from above
ebs_backup_list_complete=`ec2-describe-volumes --show-empty-fields --region $region $ebs_selection_string 2>&1`
#takes the output of the previous command
ebs_backup_list_result=`echo $?`
if [[ $ebs_backup_list_result -gt 0 ]]
then echo -e "An error occured when running ec2-describe-volumes. The error returned is below:\n$ebs_backup_list_complete" 1>&2 ; exit 70
fi
ebs_backup_list=`echo "$ebs_backup_list_complete" | grep ^VOLUME | cut -f 2`
#code to right will output list of EBS volumes to be backed up: echo -e "Now outputting ebs_backup_list:\n$ebs_backup_list"
}
create_EBS_Snapshot_Tags()
{
#snapshot tags holds all tags that need to be applied to a given snapshot - by aggregating tags we ensure that ec2-create-tags is called only onece
snapshot_tags=""
#if $name_tag_create is true then append ec2ab_${ebs_selected}_$date_current to the variable $snapshot_tags
if $name_tag_create
then
ec2_snapshot_resource_id=`echo "$ec2_create_snapshot_result" | cut -f 2`
snapshot_tags="$snapshot_tags --tag Name=ec2ab_${ebs_selected}_$date_current"
fi
#if $purge_after_days is true, then append $purge_after_date to the variable $snapshot_tags
if [[ -n $purge_after_days ]]
then
snapshot_tags="$snapshot_tags --tag PurgeAfter=$purge_after_date --tag PurgeAllow=true"
fi
#if $snapshot_tags is not zero length then set the tag on the snapshot using ec2-create-tags
if [[ -n $snapshot_tags ]]
then ec2-create-tags $ec2_snapshot_resource_id --region $region $snapshot_tags
fi
}
#calls prerequisitecheck function to ensure that all executables required for script execution are available
prerequisite_check
app_name=`basename $0`
#sets defaults
selection_method="volumeid"
region="us-east-1"
#sets the "Name" tag set for a snapshot to false - using "Name" requires that ec2-create-tags be called in addition to ec2-create-snapshot
name_tag_create=false
#sets the Purge Snapshot feature to false - this feature will eventually allow the removal of snapshots that have a "PurgeAfter" tag that is earlier than current date
purge_snapshots=false
#handles options processing
while getopts :s:r:v:t:k:pn opt
do
case $opt in
s) selection_method="$OPTARG";;
r) region="$OPTARG";;
v) volumeid="$OPTARG";;
t) tag="$OPTARG";;
k) purge_after_days="$OPTARG";;
n) name_tag_create=true;;
p) purge_snapshots=true;;
*) echo "Error with Options Input. Cause of failure is most likely that an unsupported parameter was passed or a parameter was passed without a corresponding option." 1>&2 ; exit 64;;
esac
done
#sets date variable
date_current=`date -u +%Y-%m-%d`
#sets the PurgeAfter tag to the number of days that a snapshot should be retained
if [[ -n $purge_after_days ]]
then purge_after_date=`date -v+${purge_after_days}d -u +%Y-%m-%d`
echo "Snapshots taken by $app_name will be eligible for purging after the following date: $purge_after_date."
fi
#get_EBS_List gets a list of EBS instances for which a snapshot is desired. The list of EBS instances depends upon the selection_method that is provided by user input
get_EBS_List
#the loop below is called once for each volume in $ebs_backup_list - the currently selected EBS volume is passed in as "ebs_selected"
for ebs_selected in $ebs_backup_list
do
ec2_snapshot_description="ec2ab_${ebs_selected}_$date_current"
ec2_create_snapshot_result=`ec2-create-snapshot --region $region -d $ec2_snapshot_description $ebs_selected 2>&1`
if [[ $? != 0 ]]
then echo -e "An error occured when running ec2-create-snapshot. The error returned is below:\n$ec2_create_snapshot_result" 1>&2 ; exit 70
else
ec2_snapshot_resource_id=`echo "$ec2_create_snapshot_result" | cut -f 2`
fi
create_EBS_Snapshot_Tags
done