ami_cleanup

What does this script do?

Clean up AMI images older than X days in AWS region Y. This script is searching through the instances trying to find one with old image. If nothing is found - the image will be removed.

What should I have to run this script?

• Python 2.x/3.x
• boto3 module installed
• Necessary EC2 permissions for your AWS user

Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

How can I run this?

python cleanup.py --days=30 --region=us-east-1

If you want to change account - change owner ID

python cleanup.py --days=90 --region=eu-west-1 --owner=123456789012

All available options

cazorla19$ python cleanup.py --help
usage: cleanup.py [-h] [--days DAYS] [--region REGION] [--owner OWNER]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  --days DAYS      Clean up AMI images older than X days (default = 30 days)
  --region REGION  AWS region to watch for AMIs (default = us-west-2)
  --owner OWNER    AWS account owner ID (default account number is fictional)