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James Nine
Asked: 2017-01-27 07:41:54 +0800 CST

AWS ELB - how to attach the latest/newest snapshot automatically?

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I'm really new to AWS ELB and I'm reading about how to automatically mount an EBS volume from a snapshot via the ebextensions script. I've found this post as a reference: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/customize-ephemeral-and-ebs-volumes-in-elastic-beanstalk-environments/

But basically, my question is, how do I set in the option settings to have it automatically pull the latest snapshot id? Because the snapshots will be updated daily, and I only want to get the latest snapshot without having to edit the ebextensions script each time.

This is what I'm thinking the ebextensions script will be:

commands:
  01mkdir:
    command: "mkdir /mnt/ebs_snapshot"
  02mount:
    command: "mount /dev/sdh /mnt/ebs_snapshot"
option_settings:
  - namespace: aws:autoscaling:launchconfiguration
    option_name: BlockDeviceMappings
    value: /dev/sdh=(how to put latest snapshot id?)

I also found this post: http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/13514/find-the-most-recent-snapshot-for-an-aws-ebs-volume

But not sure how to incorporate that into the ebextensions script file...

scripting amazon-web-services elastic-beanstalk

1 Answers

  1. It's not possible to dynamically specify the block device mappings within the .ebextensions.

    Instead, you'll need to create your own script to:

    1. find the latest snapshot,
    2. detach any existing volume from /dev/sdh,
    3. create a new volume from your snapshot, and finally
    4. attach the volume to your instance.

    This script you can create/specify within the files and commands seconds of the .ebextensions files.

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