How to create an AMI backup out of EC2 instance
Login to the server which has to backed up.
Create the bundle of the Operating system. You should avoid big disks like EBS while creating the bundle
ec2-bundle-vol –cert /root/key/cert-XXXXXX.pem –privatekey /root/key/pk-XXXXXX.pem -d /mnt -e /ebs –user 4091-5433-5954 -r x86_64 –debug
-e = exclude
-d=destination where file has to be created.
Upload the bundlie:-
ec2-upload-bundle -b Server-backup-$MONTH –manifest /mnt/image.manifest.xml –access-key XXXXXXX –secret-key bKxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Register the bundle:-
ec2-register “Server-backup-$MONTH/image.manifest.xml” -C /root/key/cert-XXXXXXXX.pem -K pk-xxxxxxxxx.pem Server
Thats it !!… You can find the AMI in amazon aws console. If you want to create a new instance out of it, right click AMI -> create new instance and follow the instructions.
