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ECS Backup Events to External Systems

Configure automatic snapshots and disk backup policies on ECS instances, then use EventBridge to deliver backup completion, failure, or deletion events to external APIs for monitoring dashboards, OSS for audit log archival, or MQTT brokers for real-time ops alerts.

Products involved

Scenario

Configure automatic snapshots and disk backup policies on ECS instances, then use EventBridge to deliver backup completion, failure, or deletion events to external APIs for monitoring dashboards, OSS for audit log archival, or MQTT brokers for real-time ops alerts.

How the products combine

  1. ecs · ecs-manage-recovery — ECS — Manage data protection and recovery for ECS

    2. See ecs/ecs-manage-recovery.

  2. eb · eb-deliver-destinations — EventBridge — Deliver events to external destinations (API/OSS/MQTT)

    3. See eb/eb-deliver-destinations.

Typical questions

FAQ

Q: How do I monitor ECS snapshot status externally or deliver disk backup events to an API? A: You can monitor ECS snapshot status externally or deliver disk backup events to an API by configuring ECS backup policies and routing the resulting events through EventBridge to your external dashboard. This integration leverages the ecs-manage-recovery and eb-deliver-destinations capabilities to automate event forwarding upon completion, failure, or deletion.

Q: How do I send backup events to OSS? A: You can send backup events to OSS by configuring EventBridge to automatically route ECS snapshot and disk backup events to an OSS bucket for audit log archival. This process relies on the eb-deliver-destinations capability to handle the secure delivery of completion, failure, or deletion notifications.

Q: How do I set up ECS snapshot failure alerting? A: You can set up ECS snapshot failure alerting by configuring EventBridge to forward backup failure events to an MQTT broker for real-time operations alerts. This setup combines ECS data protection management with EventBridge destination routing to ensure immediate notification when a backup operation fails.

Q: What is the event-driven data protection workflow for ECS backups? A: The workflow involves configuring automatic snapshots and disk backup policies on ECS instances and using EventBridge to deliver backup events to external systems. Depending on your operational needs, these events can be routed to external APIs for monitoring, OSS for archival, or MQTT brokers for real-time alerts.