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.
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Configuration
To configure an Amazon EC2 Image task:
- Navigate to the Tasks configuration tab for the job (this will be the default job if creating a new plan).
- 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.
Complete the following settings:
Common to all tasks
Actions supported by this task:
Create Image(s)
Instance ID (Optional) Specify one or more instance IDs (semicolon separated).
Filters (Optional) Specify resource filters in JSON format. Insert fragments from the inline Examples dialog to get started.
- Refer to the --filters specification for describe-instances for details on available filters.
- Refer to Listing and Filtering Using the CLI and API for details on filter value syntax.
Don't fail for empty filter result Check to prevent the task failing if no matching resources are found. No reboot If unchecked (default) Amazon EC2 attempts to shut down the instance cleanly before image creation and then reboots the instance. If checked, Amazon EC2 doesn't shut down the instance before creating the image. 
When this option is used, file system integrity on the created image can't be guaranteed.
Backup Set Specify the name of the backup set, which determines retention correlation. Delete Image(s)
Instance ID see Create above
Filters see Create above Don't fail for empty filter result see Create above Backup Set see Create above Backup Retention Specify the number of backups that should be retained. Backup Image(s)
custom action to combine Create and Delete, effectively capping the number of retained backups Instance ID see Create above
Filters see Create above Don't fail for empty filter result see Create above No reboot see Create above Backup Set see Create above Backup Retention see Delete above
Variables
All tasks support Bamboo Variable Substitution/Definition - this task's actions generate variables as follows:
Create Image(s)
Creating image 'ami-afdc01c4' of 'i-a316b842': ... tagging resource 'ami-afdc01c4' with key 'Name' and value 'taws-it-2.0.0.20150716T080402Z' ... ... tagging resource 'ami-afdc01c4' with key 'Backup Policy' and value 'taws-it-200' ... ... images still transitioning (pending: 1) ... ... images transitioned (available: 1). Task affects 1 resources: ... Id: ami-afdc01c4 | Status: available Creating common variables for 1 resources affected by task: ... custom.aws.ec2.image.resources: ami-afdc01c4 Creating resource variables for image 'ami-afdc01c4': ... custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-afdc01c4.ImageId: ami-afdc01c4 ... custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-afdc01c4.State: available ... custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-afdc01c4.tags: Name;Backup Policy ... custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-afdc01c4.tags.Name: taws-it-2.0.0.20150716T080402Z ... custom.aws.ec2.image.resources.ami-afdc01c4.tags.Backup Policy: taws-it-200 Creating common variables for first resource affected by task: Creating resource variables for image 'ami-afdc01c4': ... custom.aws.ec2.image.first.ImageId: ami-afdc01c4 ... custom.aws.ec2.image.first.State: available ... custom.aws.ec2.image.first.tags: Name;Backup Policy ... custom.aws.ec2.image.first.tags.Name: taws-it-2.0.0.20150716T080402Z ... custom.aws.ec2.image.first.tags.Backup Policy: taws-it-200
Delete Image(s)
N/A
Backup Image(s)
See Create above.
How-to Articles
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How do I automatically start and stop my Amazon EC2 instances? — Learn about this recent AWS solution in How do I automatically start and stop my Amazon EC2 instances?:
Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers infrastructure on demand so that customers can control their resource capacity and pay only for what they consume. One simple method to reduce Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (Amazon EC2) costs is to stop Amazon EC2 instances that are not in use, and then start those instances again when their capacity is needed.
The EC2 Scheduler is a simple AWS-provided solution that enables customers to easily configure custom start and stop schedules for their Amazon EC2 instances. The solution is easy to deploy and can help reduce operational costs for both development and production environments. For customers who leave all of their Amazon EC2 instances running 24 hours a day, this solution can result in up to 70% cost savings for those instances that are only necessary during regular business hours.
This webpage provides best practices for implementing automated actions on resources, as well as an overview of the EC2 Scheduler design and functionality.
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