lambda_Snapshots Example

lambda_Snapshots.py

import boto3
import datetime
 
ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2')
 
def lambda_handler(event,handler):
print("nnAWS Snapshots starting at %s" % datetime.datetime.now())
instances = ec2.instances.filter(Filters=[
        {'Name': 'instance-state-name', 'Values': ['running']}
    ])
 
for instance in instances:
    instance_name = filter(lambda tag: tag['Key'] == 'Name', instance.tags)[0]['Value']
    print("name: %s -id: %s" % (instance_name , instance.id))
 
    for volume in ec2.volumes.filter(Filters=[
        {'Name': 'attachment.instance-id', 'Values': [instance.id]}
    ]):
        description = 'scheduled-%s.%s-%s' % (instance_name, volume.volume_id, datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"))
 
        print 'description: %s' % (description)
 
    if volume.create_snapshot(VolumeId=volume.volume_id, Description=description):
        print("Snapshot created with description [%s]" % description)
 
 
print("nnAWS Snapshots completed at %s" % datetime.datetime.now())
return True