How can I approach canceling all aws resources and services?

28    Asked by DonnaChapman in AWS , Asked on Apr 25, 2024

I am a cloud administrator and I am responsible for managing AWS Resources in my organization’s account. Due to some reasons, my manager asked me to cancel all unnecessary AWS services and Resources. How can I approach this particular task? 

Answered by Donna Chapman

In the context of AWS, here are the appropriate approaches given for your particular scenario:-

Identify and Document service

You can start by documenting all AWS services and Resources currently In use. This would include EC2 instances, S3 buckets, etc. You can use the AWS management console for this Objective.

Analysis of the service dependencies

You should try to determine if any services have dependencies on each other. After analyzing these dependencies you can avoid accidental termination of the essential resources.

Back up critical data

Before canceling all the services try to ensure that you have backup all the critical data. This would ensure data integrity and availability.

Checking compliance and regulatory requirements

You can also review compliance and regulatory requirements that are related to data storage, privacy, and security.

Termination of unnecessary resource

Based on your analysis you can begin the process of termination of the unnecessary Resources. You can use the AWS management console, AWS CLI, or SDK for this purpose.

Here is an example given in Python programming language of how you can use the AWS SDK for terminating EC2 Instances:-

Import boto3
Import time
Def list_ec2_instances():
    Ec2_client = boto3.client(‘ec2’)
    Response = ec2_client.describe_instances()
    Instances = []
    For reservation in response[‘Reservations’]:
        For instance in reservation[‘Instances’]:
            Instances.append(instance[‘InstanceId’])
    Return instances
Def terminate_ec2_instances(instance_ids):
    If instance_ids:
        Ec2_client = boto3.client(‘ec2’)
        Ec2_client.terminate_instances(InstanceIds=instance_ids)
        Print(‘Terminating EC2 instances:’, instance_ids)
        # Wait for instances to terminate
        Waiter = ec2_client.get_waiter(‘instance_terminated’)
        Waiter.wait(InstanceIds=instance_ids)
    Else:
        Print(‘No EC2 instances to terminate.’)
Def list_s3_buckets():
    S3_client = boto3.client(‘s3’)
    Response = s3_client.list_buckets()
    Buckets = [bucket[‘Name’] for bucket in response[‘Buckets’]]
    Return buckets
Def empty_s3_bucket(bucket_name):
    S3_client = boto3.client(‘s3’)
    Response = s3_client.list_objects_v2(Bucket=bucket_name)
    If ‘Contents’ in response:
        Objects = [{‘Key’: obj[‘Key’]} for obj in response[‘Contents’]]
        S3_client.delete_objects(Bucket=bucket_name, Delete={‘Objects’: objects})
        Print(‘Deleting objects from S3 bucket:’, bucket_name)

    Else:

        Print(‘No objects found in S3 bucket:’, bucket_name)
Def delete_s3_bucket(bucket_name):
    S3_client = boto3.client(‘s3’)
    S3_client.delete_bucket(Bucket=bucket_name)
    Print(‘Deleting S3 bucket:’, bucket_name)
Def list_rds_instances():
    Rds_client = boto3.client(‘rds’)
    Response = rds_client.describe_db_instances()
    Instances = [instance[‘DBInstanceIdentifier’] for instance in response[‘DBInstances’]]
    Return instances
Def delete_rds_instance(instance_id):
    Rds_client = boto3.client(‘rds’)
    Rds_client.delete_db_instance(DBInstanceIdentifier=instance_id, SkipFinalSnapshot=True)
    Print(‘Deleting RDS instance:’, instance_id)
Def main():
    # Step 1: List and terminate EC2 instances
    Ec2_instance_ids = list_ec2_instances()
    Terminate_ec2_instances(ec2_instance_ids)
    # Step 2: List and delete S3 buckets
    S3_buckets = list_s3_buckets()
    For bucket in s3_buckets:
        Empty_s3_bucket(bucket)
        Delete_s3_bucket(bucket)
    # Step 3: List and delete RDS instances
    Rds_instance_ids = list_rds_instances()
    For instance_id in rds_instance_ids:
        Delete_rds_instance(instance_id)
If __name__ == “__main__”:
    Main()
Here is the example given in java programming language:-
Import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSStaticCredentialsProvider;
Import com.amazonaws.auth.BasicAWSCredentials;
Import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.AmazonEC2;
Import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.AmazonEC2ClientBuilder;
Import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.DescribeInstancesRequest;
Import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.DescribeInstancesResult;
Import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.Instance;
Import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.TerminateInstancesRequest;
Import com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3;
Import com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3ClientBuilder;
Import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.Bucket;
Import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.DeleteObjectsRequest;
Import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.ListObjectsV2Request;
Import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.ListObjectsV2Result;
Import com.amazonaws.services.rds.AmazonRDS;
Import com.amazonaws.services.rds.AmazonRDSClientBuilder;
Import com.amazonaws.services.rds.model.DBInstance;
Import com.amazonaws.services.rds.model.DeleteDBInstanceRequest;
Public class AwsServiceCancellation {
    Private static final String ACCESS_KEY = “your_access_key”;
    Private static final String SECRET_KEY = “your_secret_key”;
    Private static final String REGION = “your_region”;
    Public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Initialize AWS credentials
        BasicAWSCredentials credentials = new BasicAWSCredentials(ACCESS_KEY, SECRET_KEY);
        // Step 1: Terminate EC2 instances
        AmazonEC2 ec2Client = AmazonEC2ClientBuilder.standard()
                .withCredentials(new AWSStaticCredentialsProvider(credentials))
                .withRegion(REGION)
                .build();
        DescribeInstancesRequest describeInstancesRequest = new DescribeInstancesRequest();
        DescribeInstancesResult describeInstancesResult = ec2Client.describeInstances(describeInstancesRequest);
        For (Reservation reservation : describeInstancesResult.getReservations()) {
            For (Instance instance : reservation.getInstances()) {
                TerminateInstancesRequest terminateRequest = new TerminateInstancesRequest()
                        .withInstanceIds(instance.getInstanceId());
                Ec2Client.terminateInstances(terminateRequest);
                System.out.println(“Terminating EC2 instance: “ + instance.getInstanceId());
            }
        }
        // Step 2: Delete S3 buckets and objects
        AmazonS3 s3Client = AmazonS3ClientBuilder.standard()
                .withCredentials(new AWSStaticCredentialsProvider(credentials))
                .withRegion(REGION)
                .build();
        List buckets = s3Client.listBuckets();
        For (Bucket bucket : buckets) {
            ListObjectsV2Request listObjectsRequest = new ListObjectsV2Request()
                    .withBucketName(bucket.getName());
            ListObjectsV2Result listObjectsResult = s3Client.listObjectsV2(listObjectsRequest);
            For (S3ObjectSummary objectSummary : listObjectsResult.getObjectSummaries()) {
                S3Client.deleteObject(bucket.getName(), objectSummary.getKey());
                System.out.println(“Deleting object from S3 bucket: “ + objectSummary.getKey());
            }
            S3Client.deleteBucket(bucket.getName());
            System.out.println(“Deleting S3 bucket: “ + bucket.getName());
        }
        // Step 3: Delete RDS instances
        AmazonRDS rdsClient = AmazonRDSClientBuilder.standard()
                .withCredentials(new AWSStaticCredentialsProvider(credentials))
                .withRegion(REGION)
                .build();
        List dbInstances = rdsClient.describeDBInstances().getDBInstances();
        For (DBInstance dbInstance : dbInstances) {
            DeleteDBInstanceRequest deleteRequest = new DeleteDBInstanceRequest()
                    .withDBInstanceIdentifier(dbInstance.getDBInstanceIdentifier())
                    .withSkipFinalSnapshot(true);
            rdsClient.deleteDBInstance(deleteRequest);
            System.out.println(“Deleting RDS instance: “ + dbInstance.getDBInstanceIdentifier());
        }
    }
}


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