tags.py

import boto.route53, boto.sqs, boto.ec2
import uuid

volume_filter = {
    'tag:active': 'True',
    'volume-type': 'gp2',
    'tag:role': 'indexer'
    }

ec2 = boto.ec2.connect_to_region('eu-west-1')

volumes = ec2.get_all_volumes(filters=volume_filter)

print ('Volumes: %s' % volumes)

for volume in volumes:
    group_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
    new_tags = {
    'archive_type' : 'WARM',
    'group_id' : group_id
    }
    print ('Volume %s, Tags %s' % (volume.id,  new_tags))
    ec2.create_tags([volume.id], new_tags)