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provide installation instructions for the AWS CLI tool or EC2 API tool.
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* run ec2-automate-backup using cron to produce a daily backup (example: `"0 0 * * 0 ec2-user /home/ec2-user/ec2-automate-backup.sh -v "vol-6d6a0527 vol-636a0112" > /home/ec2-user/ec2-automate-backup_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.log"`)
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* run ec2-automate-backup to snapshot all EBS volumes that contain the tag "Backup=true" (example: `"0 0 * * 0 ec2-user /home/ec2-user/ec2-automate-backup.sh -s tag -t "Backup=true" > /home/ec2-user/ec2-automate-backup_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.log"`)
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# Installation Instructions:
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## ec2-automate-backup-awscli.sh (Recommended)
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ec2-automate-backup.sh requires AWS Command Line Interface tools be installed and properly configured. Instructions for installing this tool is available at http://aws.amazon.com/cli/.
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## for ec2-automate-backup.sh
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ec2-automate-backup.sh requires that the EC2 API Tools be installed and properly configured. Instructions for installing these tools is avaiable at http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference/set-up-ec2-cli-linux.html.
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# Directions For Use:
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## Example of Use:
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`ec2-automate-backup -v vol-6d6a0527`

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