README.md

This repo contains a terraform module that creates two lambda functions that will create AMI automatically at regular intervals. It is based on the code at https://serverlesscode.com/post/lambda-schedule-ebs-snapshot-backups/ and https://serverlesscode.com/post/lambda-schedule-ebs-snapshot-backups-2/.

Usage

Include this repository as a module in your existing terraform code:

module "lambda_ami_backup" {
  source = "git::https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-ec2-ami-backup.git?ref=tags/0.3.2"

  name           = "${var.name}"
  stage          = "${var.stage}"
  namespace      = "${var.namespace}"
  region         = "${var.region}"
  ami_owner      = "${var.ami_owner}"
  instance_id    = "${var.instance_id}"
  retention_days = "14"
}

Examples

Example on excluding some of attached EBS volumes:

module "lambda_ami_backup" {
  source = "git::https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-ec2-ami-backup.git?ref=tags/0.3.2"

  name           = "${var.name}"
  stage          = "${var.stage}"
  namespace      = "${var.namespace}"
  region         = "${var.region}"
  ami_owner      = "${var.ami_owner}"
  instance_id    = "${var.instance_id}"
  retention_days = "14"

  block_device_mappings = [
    { "DeviceName" = "/dev/xvdf", "NoDevice" = "" },
    { "DeviceName" = "/dev/xvdg", "NoDevice" = "" },
  ]
}

Requirements

No requirements.

Providers

Name	Version
archive	n/a
aws	n/a
null	n/a

Modules

Name	Source	Version
label	git::https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-null-label.git	tags/0.3.7
label_backup	git::https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-null-label.git	tags/0.3.7
label_cleanup	git::https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-null-label.git	tags/0.3.7
label_role	git::https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-null-label.git	tags/0.3.7

Resources

Name	Type
aws_cloudwatch_event_rule.ami_backup	resource
aws_cloudwatch_event_rule.ami_cleanup	resource
aws_cloudwatch_event_target.ami_backup	resource
aws_cloudwatch_event_target.ami_cleanup	resource
aws_iam_role.ami_backup	resource
aws_iam_role_policy.ami_backup	resource
aws_lambda_function.ami_backup	resource
aws_lambda_function.ami_cleanup	resource
aws_lambda_permission.ami_backup	resource
aws_lambda_permission.ami_cleanup	resource
null_resource.schedule	resource
archive_file.ami_backup	data source
archive_file.ami_cleanup	data source
aws_iam_policy_document.ami_backup	data source
aws_iam_policy_document.default	data source

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
ami_owner	AWS Account ID which is used as a filter for AMI list (e.g. 123456789012)	string	""	no
backup_schedule	The scheduling expression. (e.g. cron(0 20 * * ? *) or rate(5 minutes)	string	"cron(00 19 * * ? *)"	no
block_device_mappings	List of block device mappings to be included/excluded from created AMIs. With default value of [], AMIs will include all attached EBS volumes	list(string)	[]	no
cleanup_schedule	The scheduling expression. (e.g. cron(0 20 * * ? *) or rate(5 minutes)	string	"cron(05 19 * * ? *)"	no
instance_id	AWS Instance ID which is used for creating the AMI image (e.g. id-123456789012)	any	n/a	yes
name	Name (e.g. bastion or db)	string	""	no
namespace	Namespace (e.g. cp or cloudposse)	string	""	no
reboot	Reboot the machine as part of the snapshot process	string	"false"	no
region	AWS Region where module should operate (e.g. us-east-1)	string	""	no
retention_days	Is the number of days you want to keep the backups for (e.g. 14)	string	"14"	no
stage	Stage (e.g. prod, dev, staging)	string	""	no

Outputs

No outputs.

Related Projects

Check out these related projects.

• terraform-aws-ec2-ami-snapshot - Terraform module to easily generate AMI snapshots to create replica instances
• terraform-aws-efs-backup - Terraform module designed to easily backup EFS filesystems to S3 using DataPipeline

References

For additional context, refer to some of these links.

• Terraform config for automatic EBS snapshots - This repo contains a terraform configuration that creates two lambda functions that will take automatic EBS snapshots at regular intervals.

✨ Contributing

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Many thanks to our outstanding contributors:

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1. Review our Code of Conduct and Contributor Guidelines.
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6. Submit a Pull Request so that we can review your changes

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