Using the Amazon EC2 Image task in Bamboo
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Using the Amazon EC2 Image task in Bamboo

You can use the Amazon EC2 Image task to create, delete or backup images (AMIs) of EBS backed Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances; in particular, the task provides backup management with retention handling and backup set correlation.

On this page:

Configuration

Changes to action names in release 2.10.3

As of release 2.10.3, there are two new API compatible EC2 Image actions and the former backup oriented actions have been renamed as follows to better reflect their scope (refer to https://utoolity.atlassian.net/browse/UAA-93 for details/background):

This is a name change only and no action needs to be taken: existing tasks simply use the new names now and their configuration remains unchanged.

To configure an Amazon EC2 Image task:

  1. Navigate to the Tasks configuration tab for the job (this will be the default job if creating a new plan).

  2. Click the name of an existing Amazon EC2 Image task, or click Add Task and then Amazon EC2 Image Task to create a new task.

  3. Complete the following settings:

    1. Common to all tasks

    • Actions supported by this task:

Variables

Create Image(s)

The logged bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.tags outputs are example tags composed via custom variables and regular Bamboo variables, i.e. you need to specify any desired tags yourself as JSON input for the Tags field.

Creating common variables for 2 resources affected by task: ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources: ami-8cbdaee6;ami-eebead84 Creating resource variables for image 'ami-8cbdaee6': ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.Architecture: x86_64 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.CreationDate: 2016-04-12T23:18:41.000Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.Description: Image created by TAWS-IT2103-EC22-14 from i-ccb9ab23 at 20160412T231840Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.Hypervisor: xen ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.ImageId: ami-8cbdaee6 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.ImageLocation: 309600995652/taws-it-2103-i-ccb9ab23-20160412T231840Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.ImageOwnerAlias: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.ImageType: machine ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.KernelId: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.Name: taws-it-2103-i-ccb9ab23-20160412T231840Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.OwnerId: 309600995652 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.Platform: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.Public: false ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.RamdiskId: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.RootDeviceName: /dev/xvda ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.RootDeviceType: ebs ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.SriovNetSupport: simple ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.State: available ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.StateReason: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.VirtualizationType: hvm ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.tags: basicDate;basicTimeMilliseconds;basicTime;basicDateTimeMilliseconds;buildResultKey;instanceId;basicDateTime ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.tags.basicDate: 20160412 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.tags.basicTimeMilliseconds: 231840.876Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.tags.basicTime: 231840Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.tags.basicDateTimeMilliseconds: 20160412T231840.876Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.tags.buildResultKey: TAWS-IT2103-EC22-14 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.tags.instanceId: i-ccb9ab23 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-8cbdaee6.tags.basicDateTime: 20160412T231840Z ... Creating common variables for first resource affected by task: Creating resource variables for image 'ami-8cbdaee6': ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.Architecture: x86_64 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.CreationDate: 2016-04-12T23:18:41.000Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.Description: Image created by TAWS-IT2103-EC22-14 from i-ccb9ab23 at 20160412T231840Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.Hypervisor: xen ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.ImageId: ami-8cbdaee6 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.ImageLocation: 309600995652/taws-it-2103-i-ccb9ab23-20160412T231840Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.ImageOwnerAlias: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.ImageType: machine ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.KernelId: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.Name: taws-it-2103-i-ccb9ab23-20160412T231840Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.OwnerId: 309600995652 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.Platform: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.Public: false ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.RamdiskId: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.RootDeviceName: /dev/xvda ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.RootDeviceType: ebs ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.SriovNetSupport: simple ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.State: available ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.StateReason: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.VirtualizationType: hvm ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.tags: basicDate;basicTimeMilliseconds;basicTime;basicDateTimeMilliseconds;buildResultKey;instanceId;basicDateTime ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.tags.basicDate: 20160412 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.tags.basicTimeMilliseconds: 231840.876Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.tags.basicTime: 231840Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.tags.basicDateTimeMilliseconds: 20160412T231840.876Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.tags.buildResultKey: TAWS-IT2103-EC22-14 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.tags.instanceId: i-ccb9ab23 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.tags.basicDateTime: 20160412T231840Z

Delete Image(s)

N/A

Grow Image Backup Set

Creating common variables for 2 resources affected by task: ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources: ami-a5bfaccf;ami-e5bead8f Creating resource variables for image 'ami-a5bfaccf': ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.Architecture: x86_64 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.CreationDate: 2016-04-12T23:21:30.000Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.Description: Created by Bamboo EC2 Image Task from i-cdb9ab22 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.Hypervisor: xen ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.ImageId: ami-a5bfaccf ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.ImageLocation: 309600995652/i-cdb9ab22.20160412T232130Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.ImageOwnerAlias: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.ImageType: machine ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.KernelId: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.Name: i-cdb9ab22.20160412T232130Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.OwnerId: 309600995652 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.Platform: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.Public: false ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.RamdiskId: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.RootDeviceName: /dev/xvda ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.RootDeviceType: ebs ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.SriovNetSupport: simple ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.State: available ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.StateReason: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.VirtualizationType: hvm ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.tags: Name;Backup Policy ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.tags.Name: taws-it-245-1.20160412T232130Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-a5bfaccf.tags.Backup Policy: taws-it-245 ... Creating common variables for first resource affected by task: Creating resource variables for image 'ami-a5bfaccf': ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.Architecture: x86_64 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.CreationDate: 2016-04-12T23:21:30.000Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.Description: Created by Bamboo EC2 Image Task from i-cdb9ab22 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.Hypervisor: xen ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.ImageId: ami-a5bfaccf ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.ImageLocation: 309600995652/i-cdb9ab22.20160412T232130Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.ImageOwnerAlias: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.ImageType: machine ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.KernelId: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.Name: i-cdb9ab22.20160412T232130Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.OwnerId: 309600995652 ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.Platform: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.Public: false ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.RamdiskId: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.RootDeviceName: /dev/xvda ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.RootDeviceType: ebs ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.SriovNetSupport: simple ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.State: available ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.StateReason: null ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.VirtualizationType: hvm ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.tags: Name;Backup Policy ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.tags.Name: taws-it-245-1.20160412T232130Z ... bamboo.custom.aws.ec2.image.first.tags.Backup Policy: taws-it-245

Prune Image Backup Set

N/A

Grow & Prune Image Backup Set

See Grow above.

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