├── requirements.txt ├── README.md ├── .gitignore └── delete_unused_ebs_volume.py /requirements.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | boto3 2 | python-dotenv 3 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # delete-unused-aws-resource 2 | The scripts to identify unused AWS resources such as EBS volumes, Elastic Network Interface which are resulting in additional cost without even serving any purpose for you. Hence, you can use these scripts to identify them and delete them 3 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /.gitignore: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files 2 | __pycache__/ 3 | *.py[cod] 4 | *$py.class 5 | 6 | # C extensions 7 | *.so 8 | 9 | # Distribution / packaging 10 | .Python 11 | build/ 12 | develop-eggs/ 13 | dist/ 14 | downloads/ 15 | eggs/ 16 | .eggs/ 17 | lib/ 18 | lib64/ 19 | parts/ 20 | sdist/ 21 | var/ 22 | wheels/ 23 | pip-wheel-metadata/ 24 | share/python-wheels/ 25 | *.egg-info/ 26 | .installed.cfg 27 | *.egg 28 | MANIFEST 29 | 30 | # PyInstaller 31 | # Usually these files are written by a python script from a template 32 | # before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it. 33 | *.manifest 34 | *.spec 35 | 36 | # Installer logs 37 | pip-log.txt 38 | pip-delete-this-directory.txt 39 | 40 | # Unit test / coverage reports 41 | htmlcov/ 42 | .tox/ 43 | .nox/ 44 | .coverage 45 | .coverage.* 46 | .cache 47 | nosetests.xml 48 | coverage.xml 49 | *.cover 50 | *.py,cover 51 | .hypothesis/ 52 | .pytest_cache/ 53 | 54 | # Translations 55 | *.mo 56 | *.pot 57 | 58 | # Django stuff: 59 | *.log 60 | local_settings.py 61 | db.sqlite3 62 | db.sqlite3-journal 63 | 64 | # Flask stuff: 65 | instance/ 66 | .webassets-cache 67 | 68 | # Scrapy stuff: 69 | .scrapy 70 | 71 | # Sphinx documentation 72 | docs/_build/ 73 | 74 | # PyBuilder 75 | target/ 76 | 77 | # Jupyter Notebook 78 | .ipynb_checkpoints 79 | 80 | # IPython 81 | profile_default/ 82 | ipython_config.py 83 | 84 | # pyenv 85 | .python-version 86 | 87 | # pipenv 88 | # According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control. 89 | # However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies 90 | # having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not 91 | # install all needed dependencies. 92 | #Pipfile.lock 93 | 94 | # PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow 95 | __pypackages__/ 96 | 97 | # Celery stuff 98 | celerybeat-schedule 99 | celerybeat.pid 100 | 101 | # SageMath parsed files 102 | *.sage.py 103 | 104 | # Environments 105 | .env 106 | .venv 107 | env/ 108 | venv/ 109 | ENV/ 110 | env.bak/ 111 | venv.bak/ 112 | 113 | # Spyder project settings 114 | .spyderproject 115 | .spyproject 116 | 117 | # Rope project settings 118 | .ropeproject 119 | 120 | # mkdocs documentation 121 | /site 122 | 123 | # mypy 124 | .mypy_cache/ 125 | .dmypy.json 126 | dmypy.json 127 | 128 | # Pyre type checker 129 | .pyre/ 130 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /delete_unused_ebs_volume.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | import boto3 2 | from pprint import pprint 3 | import dotenv 4 | import os 5 | 6 | # load the environment variables 7 | dotenv.load_dotenv() 8 | 9 | # create boto3 client for ec2 10 | client = boto3.client('ec2', 11 | region_name=os.getenv('AWS_REGION'), 12 | aws_access_key_id=os.getenv('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'), 13 | aws_secret_access_key=os.getenv('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY')) 14 | 15 | # create a list where the volume ids of unused volumes will be stored 16 | volumes_to_delete = list() 17 | 18 | # call describe_volumes() method of client to get the details of all ebs volumes in given region 19 | # if you have large number of volumes then get the volume detail in batch by using nextToken and process accordingly 20 | volume_detail = client.describe_volumes() 21 | 22 | # process each volume in volume_detail 23 | if volume_detail['ResponseMetadata']['HTTPStatusCode'] == 200: 24 | for each_volume in volume_detail['Volumes']: 25 | # some logging to make things clear about the volumes in your existing system 26 | print("Working for volume with volume_id: ", each_volume['VolumeId']) 27 | print("State of volume: ", each_volume['State']) 28 | print("Attachment state length: ", len(each_volume['Attachments'])) 29 | print(each_volume['Attachments']) 30 | print("--------------------------------------------") 31 | # figuring out the unused volumes 32 | # the volumes which do not have 'Attachments' key and their state is 'available' is considered to be unused 33 | if len(each_volume['Attachments']) == 0 and each_volume['State'] == 'available': 34 | volumes_to_delete.append(each_volume['VolumeId']) 35 | 36 | # these are the candidates to be deleted by maintaining waiters for them 37 | pprint(volumes_to_delete) 38 | 39 | # proceed for deletion 40 | for each_volume_id in volumes_to_delete: 41 | try: 42 | print("Deleting Volume with volume_id: " + each_volume_id) 43 | response = client.delete_volume( 44 | VolumeId=each_volume_id 45 | ) 46 | except Exception as e: 47 | print("Issue in deleting volume with id: " + each_volume_id + "and error is: " + str(e)) 48 | 49 | # waiters to verify deletion and keep alive deletion process until completed 50 | waiter = client.get_waiter('volume_deleted') 51 | try: 52 | waiter.wait( 53 | VolumeIds=volumes_to_delete, 54 | ) 55 | print("Successfully deleted all volumes") 56 | except Exception as e: 57 | print("Error in process with error being: " + str(e)) 58 | 59 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------