Your AWS CloudShell data is scheduled for deletion? I did not know I used Cloudshell

Question

Hello,
I was unaware I used Cloudshell so I know zero about this. So please excuse the newbie question...
When I used Cloudshell - and I do not remember having used it but we'll set that aside for now, but when I used it to upload files to my S3 bucket, where can I see what is *(or might be)* stored (and soon to be deleted) in that 1Gb Persistent storage. I've found that it is supposed to be located in your home directory ($HOME) but where is that?

If the files stored in the persistent storage are just copies of or something similar - BUT NOT THE ACTUAL files I provide to my customers, then I can just let the deletion happen.

BUT, if those are the same files that my customers download then I need to get help for stopping that deletion and prevent this from happening again.

I greatly appreciate any and all help in this matter.
Thank you.
Steve D.

Accepted Answer

CloudShell creates persistent storage where data can be stored eg. a home directory, however, there is no way to automate backup of this data. I'd suggest you to have your data on EC2 and have automated snapshots if some files/data are important and can't be lost.

CloudShell comes with 1 GB of persistent storage for your home directory. Persistent storage enables you to store your frequently used scripts and configuration files between CloudShell sessions but not the files of that nature which you mentioned.

To check, where this storage being used, it'd be under $HOME(/home/cloudshell-user):

cd $HOME 
    du -sh *

See this FAQ [How can I prevent my CloudShell storage from being deleted?](https://aws.amazon.com/cloudshell/faqs/), if you want to delay or avoid this deletion.

Your AWS CloudShell data is scheduled for deletion? I did not know I used Cloudshell

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