Snappy is a Python library that facilitates taking root volume snapshots as well as non root volume snapshot from an instance.
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Snappy
Snappy is a Python library that facilitates taking root volume snapshots as well from an instance.
Getting Started
Assuming that you have Python and virtualenv installed, set up your environment and install the required dependencies using pip:
pip install aws-snappy
Using Snappy
After installing snappy, you need to import the main Snappy object and instantiate it to create a connection to AWS:
from snappy.snappy import Snappy
snappy = Snappy(instances)
Here,
instances
is your list of instances to take snapshots of. i.e. ['10.10.10.10', 'my_instance_name']
Instance can be indentified both by their private IP address or the instance name in the same list.
Snappy will break them apart and search them respectively.
Available function for Snappy Object
snap_roots(tags_specifications)
This function will take a snapshot of the root volume of the specified instances and return the output in a list in the following format:
Parameters
tags_specifications: A list of dictionaries containing the tags to be applied to the snapshots in the following format:
[{
"Key": "",
"Value": ""
}]
Output
[
{
"SnapshotID": "",
"InstanceName": "",
"VolumeID": "",
},
.
.
.
]
Running Tests
You can run the tests by following the steps below:
- Clone or download the project to a folder on your computer.
- Connect to AWS using AWS CLI
- Run the tests using the command
./run_test.sh
License
Copyright Mervin Hemaraju
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