aws-disaster-recovery

a simple [scriptable] command line interface to make disaster recovery simple and automated with amazon web services (AWS)

project description

the initial scope for this project will be to automate image creation for instances within an AWS account.

Support for not imaging an instance should be provided by checking for a tag on an instance designating that the instance should not be automatically imaged.

The roadmap includes developing functionality to also automate the restore process as there are many moving parts to this in practice but the initial scope will be automating backups first.

issues / project management

Issues: https://github.com/WeddingShoppe/aws-disaster-recovery/issues

Project board: https://waffle.io/WeddingShoppe/aws-disaster-recovery

Example Usage

backup all instances accessible to the account you are connecting with

awsdr backup all

backup a specific instance

awsdr backup instance i-12345

list all instances

awsdr list

list all images (AMI's)

awsdr list images

project references

AWS Node API: http://aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-node-js/ AWS API Promisified: https://github.com/CascadeEnergy/aws-promised

Installation

install git: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/git.html
install node
install aws-disaster-recovery (right now, cloning to server and using npm run build && npm link -g
install aws credentials to ~/.aws/credentials
install environment variables (.env file) into clone directory with aws_region and slack variables
run awsdr --help or awsdr --version to verify it is installed.
install crontab job details (if desired to run on a schedule)