nikitakls / yandex-cloud-tools

Tools for Yandex.Cloud

Yandex Cloud Tools

Simple snapshots tool for Yandex.Cloud

Create-snapshots

Automatically create snapshots for virtual machines from config file. Sequence for running instances: stop VM – create snapshot – start VM, for stopped instances just create snapshot.

Delete-snapshots

Automatic deletion of snapshots older than N days for instances from config. The lifetime is specified in the config file.

Get started

Install submodules

pip install -r requirements.txt

Get OAuth-token

• Get token here

Edit config file

• Rename mv yndx.cfg.example yndx.cfg
• Edit vim ydnx.cfg
• Insert OAuth-token into config file.
• Enter instance ID into config file. For multiple instances enter space separated IDs (without the quotes).
• Enter snapshots lifetime in days. Example config file:

[Auth]
OAuth_token = AQAAAAYqwerty1qwerty2qwerty3

[Instances]
# Space separated instance IDs
IDs = efqwer2tyu3qwert7yz ef1xzcvbnm2qwerty1qwe

[Snapshots]
# Specify the lifetime of snapshots in days
Lifetime = 14

Usage

akimrx@thinkpad:~/github/yandex-cloud-tools$ ./snapshoter.py --help
usage: snapshoter.py [-h] [-v] [-c] [-d] [-f]

Snapshots-tools. To work, you must add instances id to the config file (space separated if multiple)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -v, --version  show program's version number and exit
  -c, --create   create snapshots for VMs
  -d, --delete   delete all old snapshots for instances
  -f, --full      create snapshots and delete old snapshots for instances

Shedule with Cron

You can run the script manually as needed, or create a task in the scheduler Cron.

If you use the scheduler Cron, you must place the config file in your home directory (/home/username/yndx.cfg).