Updated script to make it more useful

[harrystaley]

I have updated your Lightsail Script to make it more flexible.

Feel free to pull in my fork if you like.

[JozefJarosciak]

Fantastic work. I will merge it soon.

[vw1234]

I am testing this script with a few instances and found it does not work well. the jq select part does not do the work.

[maherber]

I'd the same issue. The following jq part doesn't work SnapshotNames=$(aws lightsail get-instance-snapshots | jq '.[] | sort_by(.createdAt) | select(.[0].fromInstanceName == "'${NameOfYourInstance}'") | .[].name') I'm not an expert in jq, hope for a quick correction

[seagullnz]

I also have the same issue as @vw1234 , SnapshotNames returns blank. I have tried several variations but I cannot targert the snapshots I need.

[vw1234]

Please change the line to :

get the names of all snapshots sorted from old to new

SnapshotNames=$(aws lightsail get-instance-snapshots | jq '.instanceSnapshots | sort_by(.createdAt) | .[] | select(.fromInstanceName == "'${NameOfYourInstance}'") | . name') It works well for me.

[maherber]

didn't work for me but after checking with jqplay.org the following version works for me: SnapshotNames=$(aws lightsail get-instance-snapshots | jq '.instanceSnapshots | sort_by(.createdAt) | .[] | select (.fromInstanceName == "'${NameOfYourInstance}'")| .name')

the difference is no blank between "." and 'name'