Simple AWS backup and snapshot copy script

This scripts allows to backup AWS instances, specify how many copies to keep(It removes older ones), when to copy them to another region and how many copies to keep there(remove old ones too).

Installation

First you need to install Boto

WARNING: The boto version in the Ubuntu repo might be very obsolete, so It's best to install from sources

git clone https://github.com/boto/boto.git
cd boto
sudo python setup.py install

Install this :

cd ..
git clone https://github.com/tcolar

Setup

Copy aws_example.json under aws.json

cp aws_example.json aws.json

And modify it to your liking to describe which instances to backup, how many copies to keep(It removes older ones), when to copy them to another region and how many copies to keep there(remove old ones too).

Usage:

cd awsbackup
python backup.py

Cron script

If you want to run it once a day and email you the output:

You can create a script like this (task.sh):

#!/bin/bash
cd /home/me/awsbackup/
python backup.py | mail -s "AWS Backup report" me@mycompany.com

Then have that script run from the cron:

0 3 * * * /home/me/aws/task.sh &