Is there anyway to move AWS infrastructure from one region to another?

Question

I have,

• EC2 x 8
• AMIs x 2
• RDS x 1
• ELBs x 2
• SG (security Groups) x 8
• VPCs x 1

in Tokyo region. But I would like to move my entire setup to Oregon. Is there any tool I can utilise to do this?

By mistake this question has "Move" in it. But I am expecting the tool to do Replication.

Izzy

Answer 1

You can copy AMIs to a different region. But that's pretty much it. You will have to build the whole thing from the ground-up in new region.

You can however, create a Cloud-formation template from your existing set-up, then later edit it to match the region/AZ specific values and then use this template in new region to create stack.

But yeah, again, this is not a MOVE operation as you expected. One way or other, you have to build the things in new region.

Campaign

end up writing a script which describes all the resource one by one and copies entire infrastructure into second region with configuration. all good thanks mate! – Izzy

Would you mind elaborating what exactly you did when you say copies entire infrastructure into second region . Thanks. – Campaign

So, I am describing each resource from top to bottom fashion. Starting with VPC. By calling describeVPC function from AWSPhpSDK and then use createVPC to create exact configuration from source to destination. Similarly I go thru every single resources and re-create them in destination and hook them up. :) – Izzy

Correct. So you are not MOVING any thing. Instead you are building everything from the ground up in the new region. – Campaign

You are right, my question should be. Is there anyway to replicate the infrastructure :) – Izzy

I rejected your edit because then it would make all other answers on this thread look awkward and irrelevant for future user who will read this post. Hope you understand. – Campaign

What if in future someone wants to answer a replication solution? – Izzy

Raise a new question for replication where you will receive inputs regarding various ways of replication across 2 different regions. – Campaign

yep - for what it's worth - i also ended up using CloudFormation to copy resources across. It's still a little buggy, and there were some issues between incompatibilities across zones, but at least I was able to do it all in one day... – Load

@Izzy can you please share the script, because i do need to replicate my existing whole architecture to stockholm... Thanks – Intervocalic

Answer 2

There is no direct way to move it. However, you could use OpWorks to create a CloudFormation script that would allow you to re-create it in another region.

I don't think it will move AMIs, but you can do than manually.

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