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Created November 6, 2013 21:33
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boto script to delete snapshots matching a filter and older than X days
import sys
from boto.ec2 import connect_to_region
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
try:
days = int(sys.argv[1])
except IndexError:
days = 7
delete_time = datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(days=days)
filters = {
'tag-key': 'mybackups'
}
print 'Deleting any snapshots older than {days} days'.format(days=days)
ec2 = connect_to_region('us-west-1')
snapshots = ec2.get_all_snapshots(filters=filters)
deletion_counter = 0
size_counter = 0
for snapshot in snapshots:
start_time = datetime.strptime(
snapshot.start_time,
'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z'
)
if start_time < delete_time:
print 'Deleting {id}'.format(id=snapshot.id)
deletion_counter = deletion_counter + 1
size_counter = size_counter + snapshot.volume_size
# Just to make sure you're reading!
snapshot.delete(dry_run=True)
print 'Deleted {number} snapshots totalling {size} GB'.format(
number=deletion_counter,
size=size_counter
)
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raakey commented May 16, 2017

Syntax error in module 'lambda_function': invalid syntax (lambda_function.py, line 17)

Getting error while executing in Lambda.
print 'Deleting any snapshots older than {days} days'.format(days=days)

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skumar3h commented Jan 8, 2018

thanks. How can I use this script delete old snapshots except last two?

@Sagayaanitta
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This is helpful. How can we do this for RDS manual snapshots with for each loop for all regions.

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