Script to cleanup RHEL5 instance before creating AMI

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash

USER=ec2-user

echo 'Removing host keys'
sudo /bin/rm -rf /etc/ssh/ssh_host*_key*

echo 'Removing ec2-user'
userdel -f $USER ; /bin/rm -rf /home/$USER

echo 'Cleaning up /var/log'
/bin/cp /dev/null /var/log/secure
/bin/cp /dev/null /var/log/messages
/bin/cp /dev/null /var/log/dmesg
/bin/cp /dev/null /var/log/wtmp
/bin/cp /dev/null /var/log/lastlog
/bin/cp /dev/null /var/log/cron
/bin/rm /var/log/*.log

echo 'Removing faillog'
/usr/bin/faillog -r

echo 'Removing bash_history'
export HISTSIZE=0
/bin/rm /root/.bash_history

echo 'Removing everything from /root'
/bin/rm -r /root/*