aws-ec2-ebs-automatic-snapshot-bash

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milangm89

A client wanted to keep one backup per week. Hence this. Also my editor automatically cleaned up some trailing whitespace. Hope this is useful!

smoyte

Hello I got following error while executing the script 1.ebs-snapshot.sh.1: 7: set: Illegal option -o pipefail I tried to comment the above line and try to execute it and I...

maheshbabuadapa

Why not use iam machine roles instead of placing credentials on box?

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That's what I've been doing with your script for a while. Pull request forthcoming.

jsnshrmn

use IAM machine role instead of placing credentials on box

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jsnshrmn

This allows for removing any dependencies on wget.

lanmalkieri

markstos

Does xfs_freeze need to be run before running the create-snapshot?

1

I'm reading how to backup mongo from an ebs volume and it suggests locking the db before doing a snapshot. It also suggests locking the filesystem if there's anything else...

kentmw

Security concern: Access to machine allows deleting it's own backups

3

Separating out the permission to create snapshots from deleting snapshots would improve security. Currently, if this is running in a host and the host is compromised, the attacker would have...

markstos

Add command line params and dockerize

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Hi, great work on your script! I made a few changes I'd like to submit back to you. 1. I added an optional command line parameter to specify which volume...

bkrodgers