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    <p>I'm trying to create a simple python backup script for my EC2 instances. This script's purpose is to create daily/weekly snapshots of the current machine (see <a href="https://serverfault.com/questions/238083/whats-the-easiest-way-to-auto-backup-an-ec2-instance/244091#244091">this question on ServerFault</a>). I'm using the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/boto/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">boto</a> python package for EC2 API, and would like to create an EBS AMI from a given instance (like ElasticFox's "Create Image" action)</p> <pre><code># This script will look up all your running EC2 images, find the current one, and back it up by creating an AMI # Configuration accessKeyId = "..." accessKeySecret = "..." target = "..." def resolveIp(target): import socket ip = repr(socket.gethostbyname_ex(target)[2][0]) return ip def find_target(target, connection) : ip = resolveIp(target) print "Finding instance for " + target + " (IP " + ip + ")" reservations = connection.get_all_instances(); for reservation in reservations: instances = reservation.instances if len(instances) != 1: print "Skipping reservation " + reservation continue instance = instances[0] instanceIp = resolveIp(instance.dns_name) if instanceIp == ip: return instance raise Exception("Can't find instance with IP " + ip) from boto.ec2.connection import EC2Connection print "Connecting to EC2" conn = EC2Connection(accessKeyId, accessKeySecret) print "Connected to EC2" instance = find_target(target, conn) print "Backing up instance '{}'".format(instance) # Now, I'd like to create a new image out of this instance # Can you help? </code></pre> <p>(Also reported as <a href="http://code.google.com/p/boto/issues/detail?id=495" rel="nofollow noreferrer">an issue on the boto project page</a>, since I didn't find a mailing list)</p>
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