ec2 automate backup by tag not working

[nodesocket]

Trying to backup volumes tagged with Backup=true but when I run ec2-automate-backup, it does not detect any volumes. I am using the CLI version.

ubuntu@ip-10-0-63-186:~$ ./ec2-automate-backup.sh -r us-west-1 -s tag -t "Backup=true"
ubuntu@ip-10-0-63-186:~$

[netstx]

Here is how I have been using it:

/ec2-automate-backup-awscli.sh -c /etc/cron-primer.sh -r us-east-1 -s tag -t
backup,Values=true -n -k 1 -h -p

your -t argument isn't being understood by the script :)

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Justin Keller [email protected]
wrote:

Trying to backup volumes tagged with Backup=true but when I run
ec2-automate-backup, it does not detect any volumes. I am using the CLI
version.

ubuntu@ip-10-0-63-186:$ ./ec2-automate-backup.sh -r us-west-1 -s tag -t "Backup=true"
ubuntu@ip-10-0-63-186:$

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#91.

[nodesocket]

./ec2-automate-backup.sh -r us-west-1 -s tag -t "Backup,Values=true"

Still not working.

[netstx]

Try not use the quotes "", I never used quotes on mine. Just type exactly
how mine is. If that does not solve the problem, you should see if your aws
cli roles are working.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 6:53 PM, Justin Keller [email protected]
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./ec2-automate-backup.sh -r us-west-1 -s tag -t "Backup,Values=true"

Still not working.

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[nodesocket]

It takes longer, but still not output using. Just to confirm, you put the tag on volumes, not ec2 instances right?

ubuntu@ip-10-0-63-186:~$ ./ec2-automate-backup.sh -r us-west-1 -s tag -t Backup,Values=true
ubuntu@ip-10-0-63-186:~$

Running:

aws ec2 describe-volumes

Works, and displays all the volumes.

[nodesocket]

Nevermind, it appears to have worked (there are snapshots), just no output logged. Should there be output?

[netstx]

Yes, just not sure how to get it from console, but when I run on crontab it outputs a line for each snapshot

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On Jun 24, 2015, at 7:06 PM, Justin Keller [email protected] wrote:

Nevermind, it appears to have worked (there are snapshots), just no output logged. Should there be output?

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[rxl881]

I am also seeing the same issue as nodesocket. It appears to be an issue with the way in which the string "--query 'Volumes[*].VolumeId'" is being evaluated when creating a list of the ebs volumes.
I have been able to resolve the issue by wrapping the statement in backticks (rather than $()), as I couldn't get normal bash escaping tricks to fix the issue.

diff --git a/ec2-automate-backup/ec2-automate-backup-awscli.sh b/ec2-automate-backup/ec2-automate-backup-awscli.sh
index 52fe606..dfb8dde 100755
--- a/ec2-automate-backup/ec2-automate-backup-awscli.sh
+++ b/ec2-automate-backup/ec2-automate-backup-awscli.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ get_EBS_List() {
     *) echo "If you specify a selection_method (-s selection_method) for selecting EBS volumes you must select either \"volumeid\" (-s volumeid) or \"tag\" (-s tag)." 1>&2 ; exit 64 ;;
   esac
   #creates a list of all ebs volumes that match the selection string from above
-  ebs_backup_list=$(aws ec2 describe-volumes --region $region $ebs_selection_string --output text --query 'Volumes[*].VolumeId')
+  ebs_backup_list=`aws ec2 describe-volumes --region $region $ebs_selection_string --output text --query 'Volumes[*].VolumeId'`
   #takes the output of the previous command 
   ebs_backup_list_result=$(echo $?)
   if [[ $ebs_backup_list_result -gt 0 ]]; then

[samizzo]

I didn't get the above issue, but at first the tag format was confusing me. The aws cli documentation explains the filter format in a confusing and unclear way, and there's only one example in the readme here for the tags, but just to clarify, if you're using the aws cli version of this script, you should specify the tags as follows:

-t Backup,Values=true