The Why & How of Automated EBS Snapshots

How often do you take EBS snapshots? EBS volumes are automatically replicated across multiple servers in the Availability Zone (AZ) where they were deployed, but for data durability you also need timely snapshots of your EBS volumes.

While it’s possible to manually create snapshots of your EBS volumes, a better, more reliable solution is to leverage AWS Lambda to automate the process.

AWS Lambda is available in a number of different languages, supports scheduling (think cron) and can also be invoked automatically from AWS events. Keep in mind that you’ll need to create IAM roles to allow Lambda to interact with your EC2 service.

[Join us] (https://curiousorbit.com/aws-tech-day-toronto/) at AWS Canada on November 16th, 2017 and learn more about the how & why of automating your EBS snapshots with AWS Lambda.