AWS

Getting Started with Boto ( python Interface for AWS )

Introduction   Boto is a python package  which provides an interface for AWS. With boto library, we can call the AWS resources using python script. This article walks you through the step by step guide for using boto library for calling AWS resources. Step 1  : Installation Step 2 : Configuration Step 3 : Creating...

by Vikash Jha
Tag: python
25-Jan-2015

Technology

Tag Snapshot using Backup_Monkey

In continuation with my previous article EBS Snapshot using Backup_Monkey, we have discussed one issue associated with BackUp Monkey utility. The issue was that it use's "BACKUP_MONKEY" prefix and tag the snapshot with this prefix. As you can see in the Description, BACKUP_MONKEY prefix is used. So this create's a redundancy while...

by Vikash Jha
Tag: python
14-Apr-2014

AWS

EBS Snapshot using Backup_Monkey

Getting EBS Snapshot with BackUp Monkey [ a python utility ] Backup_Monkey : It's a command line utility written in python that uses boto library. Purpose : To create snapshot of all the Elastic Block Storage volume's (EBS). Automatically detects the volume in the region and take the backup. It is especially designed...

by Vikash Jha
Tag: python
24-Mar-2014