// copyAMI starts the AMI copy func copyAMI(awsec2dest *ec2.EC2, s *session, amis *map[string]string) { if s.destRegion.Name != s.sourceRegion.Name { for amiId, instanceId := range *amis { backupAmiName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s", s.instanceNameTag, timeStamp, amiId) backupDesc := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s", s.instanceNameTag, timeString, amiId) copyOpts := ec2.CopyImage{ SourceRegion: s.sourceRegion.Name, SourceImageId: amiId, Name: backupAmiName, Description: backupDesc, ClientToken: "", } copyResp, err := awsec2dest.CopyImage(©Opts) if err != nil { s.fatal("EC2 API CopyImage failed") } s.debug(fmt.Sprintf("Started copy of %s from %s (%s) to %s (%s).", s.instanceNameTag, s.sourceRegion.Name, amiId, s.destRegion.Name, copyResp.ImageId)) _, err = awsec2dest.CreateTags([]string{copyResp.ImageId}, []ec2.Tag{ {"hostname", s.instanceNameTag}, {"instance", instanceId}, {"sourceregion", s.sourceRegion.Name}, {"date", timeString}, {"timestamp", timeSecs}, }) if err != nil { s.fatal(fmt.Sprintf("Error tagging new AMI: %s", err.Error())) } } } else { s.debug("Not copying AMI - source and dest regions match") } }