Setting up AWS snapshots

We more or less followed the AWS instructions to automate snapshot lifecycles.

Configuration

• Policy
  • Target resource types: volume
  • Target resource tags: [name] [-Production]
  • Description: -snapshots
  • IAM: default role
  • Tags: skip
  • Policy: enable
  • Submit
• Schedule
  • Schedule name: Nightly backups
  • Daily, every 24 hours, 8:00am (UTC)
  • Keep last 30
  • Leave all of the advanced stuff alone
  • Submit
• Tag volume
  • Instances -> select instance -> go to storage tab -> click volume ID -> select volume -> go to tags tab -> add tag (volume-name:-Production)
  • On volumes list, click the lil icon in the name column and give it a name (-Production)

Create a snapshot

• Choose the volume by name, give it a name, create snapshot