/terraform-aws-dlmautosnapshot

Automates snapshots using the new DLM policy support in AWS and Terraform

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terraform-aws-dlmautosnapshot

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Terraform module - creates ups data life-cycle management to automate ebs backups.


It's 100% Open Source and licensed under the APACHE2.

Usage

Include this repository as a module in your existing terraform code:

module "dlmautowsnapshot" {
  source          = "JamesWoolfenden/dlmautowsnapshot/aws"
  version         = "0.2.9"
  common_tags     = var.common_tags
  snapshot_name   = local.snapshot_name
  cron_expression = var.cron_expression
  regions         = var.regions
}

The management of EC2 backup has become simpler With the new release of Data Lifecycle Manager (DLM) policies https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/snapshot-lifecycle.html. There is no more need for a Lambdas to manage EBS snapshots, and additionally with the new release of support for DLM in Terraform https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/aws/r/dlm_lifecycle_policy.html it can achieved easily.

The example - exampleA shows how to implement a DLM policy on EBS snapshots. As before you include a reference to the module in your code.

In the example the variable schedule is an extensible list of maps.

  schedule = [{
      name = "2 weeks of daily snapshots"
      create_rule=[{
        interval      = 24
        interval_unit = "HOURS"
        times         = ["23:45"]
      }]

      retain_rule=[{
        count = 14
      }]

      tags_to_add {
        SnapshotCreator = "DLM"
      }

      copy_tags = false
    }
]

That's all for now.

Requirements

No requirements.

Providers

Name Version
aws n/a

Modules

No modules.

Resources

Name Type
aws_dlm_lifecycle_policy.lifecycle resource
aws_iam_role.dlm_lifecycle resource
aws_iam_role_policy.dlm_lifecycle resource
aws_iam_policy_document.dlm data source
aws_iam_policy_document.trust data source

Inputs

Name Description Type Default Required
common_tags Implements the common tags scheme map(any) n/a yes
schedule The DLM Schedule list(any) n/a yes
schedule_copy_tags n/a bool false no
schedule_interval Interval between number 24 no
schedule_interval_unit Schedile Interval Unit string "HOURS" no
schedule_name Name of the Schedule string "2 weeks of daily snapshots" no
schedule_retain n/a number 14 no
schedule_times When the policy should run string "23:45" no

Outputs

Name Description
lifecycle n/a

Policy

This is the policy required to build this project:

The Terraform resource required is:

resource "aws_iam_policy" "terraform_pike" {
  name_prefix = "terraform_pike"
  path        = "/"
  description = "Pike Autogenerated policy from IAC"

  policy = jsonencode({
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "dlm:CreateLifecyclePolicy",
                "dlm:DeleteLifecyclePolicy",
                "dlm:GetLifecyclePolicy",
                "dlm:ListTagsForResource",
                "dlm:UpdateLifecyclePolicy"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor1",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "ec2:DescribeAccountAttributes"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor2",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:CreateRole",
                "iam:DeleteRole",
                "iam:DeleteRolePolicy",
                "iam:GetRole",
                "iam:GetRolePolicy",
                "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies",
                "iam:ListInstanceProfilesForRole",
                "iam:ListRolePolicies",
                "iam:PutRolePolicy",
                "iam:TagRole"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor3",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "kms:DescribeKey",
                "kms:ListAliases"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
})
}

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Copyrights

Copyright © 2019-2022 James Woolfenden

License

License

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Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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Contributors

James Woolfenden
James Woolfenden