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+# This script will look up all your running EC2 images, find the current one, and back it up by creating an AMI 
+import re
+import datetime
+from boto.ec2.connection import EC2Connection
+from collections import defaultdict
+import ConfigParser
+
+import utils
+from utils import resolveIp
+
+# Configuration
+config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+config.read('backup.cfg')
+
+accessKeyId = config.get('AWS', 'accessKeyId')
+accessKeySecret = config.get('AWS', 'accessKeySecret')
+
+target = config.get('TARGET', 'target')
+number_of_backups_to_keep = int(config.get('TARGET', 'number_of_backups_to_keep'))
+backup_interval_hours = int(config.get('TARGET', 'backup_interval_hours'))
+
+def get_my_amis(conn):
+    return conn.get_all_images(None, "self", None, None)
+
+
+def find_target(target, reservations) :
+    ip = utils.resolveIp(target)
+    print "Finding instance for " + target + " (IP " + ip + ")"
+    for reservation in reservations:
+        # pdb.set_trace()
+        instances = reservation.instances
+        if len(instances) != 1:
+            print "Skipping reservation " + reservation
+            continue
+        instance = instances[0]
+        instanceIp = resolveIp(instance.dns_name)
+        if instanceIp == ip:
+            return instance
+
+    raise Exception("Can't find instance with IP " + ip)
+
+
+def delete_ami_and_snapshot(conn, ami_and_snapshot):
+    print "Deleting AMI with ID", ami_and_snapshot['ami'].id
+    conn.deregister_image(ami_and_snapshot['ami'].id)
+    print "Deleting snapshot with ID", ami_and_snapshot['snapshot_id']
+    conn.delete_snapshot(ami_and_snapshot['snapshot_id'])
+    return None
+
+
+def list_to_dict(lst):
+    # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1233546/python-converting-list-of-tuples-into-a-dictionary
+    dict = defaultdict( list )
+
+    for key, value in lst:
+        if key in dict:
+            raise Exception("Key {} found multiple times in list {)".format(key, lst))
+        dict[key] = value
+    return dict
+
+
+def delete_oldest_backups(conn, backups_to_keep, backup_description):
+    """
+    delete_oldest_backups(boto.ec2.connection.EC2Connection, int, string)
+    """
+
+    my_amis = get_my_amis(conn)
+    my_amis = [x for x in my_amis if x.description == backup_description and len(x.block_device_mapping) == 1]
+    def get_snapshot_id(ami):
+        return utils.single(ami.block_device_mapping).snapshot_id
+
+    snapshot_ids = [get_snapshot_id(ami) for ami in my_amis]
+
+    # my_amis = filter(lambda x : x.description == backup_description, my_amis)
+    # mapped = map(lambda ami: single_or_none(ami.block_device_mapping), my_amis)
+    #filtered = filter(lambda item: item is not None, mapped)
+    #snapshot_ids = map(lambda device_mapping : device_mapping.snapshot_id, filtered)
+    snapshots = conn.get_all_snapshots(snapshot_ids = snapshot_ids)
+    snapshots_by_id = list_to_dict(map(lambda snapshot : [snapshot.id, snapshot], snapshots))
+
+    amis_and_snapshots = []
+    for ami in my_amis:
+        snapshot_id = get_snapshot_id(ami)
+        snapshot = snapshots_by_id[snapshot_id]
+        amis_and_snapshots.append(
+                {'snapshot_id' : snapshot_id,
+                 'snapshot' : snapshot,
+                 'ami' : ami,
+                 'date' : utils.get_time(snapshot.start_time)})
+
+    #def sorter(key1, key2):
+#        return key1['date'] < key2['date']
+
+    amis_and_snapshots.sort(key = lambda item : item['date'])
+
+    if len(amis_and_snapshots) <= backups_to_keep:
+        print "Got {}/{} backups, nothing to trim".format(len(amis_and_snapshots), backups_to_keep)
+        return
+    
+    for i in range(len(amis_and_snapshots) - backups_to_keep):
+        delete_ami_and_snapshot(conn, amis_and_snapshots[i])
+
+
+def get_snapshots(conn, instance):
+    volume = utils.single(instance.block_device_mapping)
+    print "Found volume with ID {}".format(volume.volume_id)
+    my_snapshots = conn.get_all_snapshots([], "self", None, None)
+    return my_snapshots
+
+
+def find_hours_since_last_backup(conn, instance):
+    my_snapshots = get_snapshots(conn, instance)
+
+    if not my_snapshots:
+        return None
+    latest_snapshot = max(my_snapshots, key=lambda item:utils.get_time(item.start_time))
+
+    latest_time = utils.get_time(latest_snapshot.start_time)
+    now_utc = utils.get_current_utc_time()
+    diff = now_utc - latest_time
+    diff_hours = diff.seconds / 3600
+    print "Latest snapshot is from {}, which is {} hours ago".format(latest_time, diff_hours)
+    return diff_hours
+
+def main():
+    print "Connecting to EC2"
+    conn = EC2Connection(accessKeyId, accessKeySecret)
+    print "Connected to EC2"
+
+    reservations = conn.get_all_instances()
+    instance = find_target(target, reservations)
+    hours_since_last_backup = find_hours_since_last_backup(conn, instance)
+    if hours_since_last_backup and hours_since_last_backup < backup_interval_hours:
+        print "Only {} hours passed since last backup, waiting until {} pass".format(hours_since_last_backup, backup_interval_hours)
+        return
+
+    backup_name = target + "_" + re.sub("[: .]", "-", str(datetime.datetime.now()))
+
+    print "Backing up instance '{}' with id '{}' - snapshot {} will be created".format(instance, instance.id, backup_name)
+
+    target_description = "Backup of " + target
+    # TODO
+    conn.create_image(instance.id, backup_name, target_description, True)
+
+    delete_oldest_backups(conn, number_of_backups_to_keep, target_description)
+    print "Done"
+
+main()
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