EFS Backup with Elastio

Prerequisites:

To create an IAM role, follow the steps below:

Navigate to the Identity and Access Management (IAM) console of your AWS account and press the Create role button,
Select AWS service for Trusted entity type and EC2 for Common use cases,
Attach ElastioLocalBackup policy to your role and press Next,
Add a name to your role, review the details and create the role.

Go to Task definition in us-east-2.console.aws.amazon.com/ecs and create new task definition:
- Fill in all required fields:
  - Select FARGATE in Select launch type compatibility and press Next,
  - Name the task definition and assign the IAM role with ElastioLocalBackup policy,
  - Select the role you created in Task role field,
  - Select existing or create new Task execution role,
  - Select 9GB for Task memory (GB),
  - Select 2 vCPU for Task CPU (vCPU),
  - Add EFS file system in Volumes,
  Figure 1: Add EFS in Volumes
- Press Add container button,
  - Name the container,
  - Put public.ecr.aws/elastio-dev/elastio-cli:latest in Image field,
  - In STORAGE AND LOGGING section specify ‘/mnt/efs’ Mount point for EFS file system added previously.
  Figure 2: Storage and Logging
- In ENVIRONMENT section fill in ‘sh,-c’ in Entry point,
  - Specify next command to iscan and backup EFS by elastio:
    elastio file backup /mnt/efs --hostname-override EFS_backup_via_ECS --iscan
  Figure 3: Environment
  - Press Add
Go to Tasks in ESC cluster and Run new Task:
- Select Task Definition created in step 1,
- Select Cluster VPC, Subnets, Security groups that has access to EFS file system,
- Press Run Task.