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Using the Amazon EBS Snapshot task in Bamboo

You can use the Amazon EBS Snapshot task to create, delete or backup snapshots of Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes; in particular, the task provides backup management with retention handling and backup set correlation.

 

 

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Configuration

To configure an Amazon EBS Snapshot 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 EBS Snapshot task, or click Add Task and then AmazonEBS Snapshot Task to create a new task.
  3. Complete the following settings:

    1. Common to all tasks

      Task Description (Optional) Identify the purpose of the task.
      Disable this task

      Check, or clear, to selectively run this task.

      Action

      Each task supports one or more actions depending on the target AWS resource. Select the desired action and configure the action specific parameters below.

      RegionSelect the desired AWS Region from the preconfigured list. Alternatively, select [Use region variable ...] to supply the region dynamically via Bamboo variables for example (needs to be a region code such as ap-southeast-2) .
      ...Configure task/action specific parameters, see below ...
      AWS Credentials SourceSelect the source for the required AWS Security Credentials - can be either Inline, an IAM Role for EC2 or a shared Identity Federation for AWS Connector.

    2. Actions supported by this task:

      Create

       
      Volume ID

      (Optional) Specify one or more volume IDs (semicolon separated).

      Filter

      (Optional) Specify resource filters in JSON format. Insert fragments from the inline Examples dialog to get started.

      Backup SetSpecify the name of the backup set, which determines retention correlation.

      Delete

       
      Instance ID

      see Create above

      Filter
      see Create above
      Backup Setsee Create above
      Backup RetentionSpecify the number of backups that should be retained.

      Backup

      custom action to combine Create and Delete, effectively capping the number of retained backups
      Instance ID

      see Create above

      Filter
      see Create above
      Backup Setsee Create above
      Backup Retentionsee Delete above

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)