Find the AWS Resources Nobody Is Using, and What They Cost You
This article provides a step by step guide to auditing an AWS account for resources nothing is using, pricing each finding from the AWS Price List API, and cleaning up the ones you choose. A suite of Python checks is built to cover storage, compute, networking, data services and the account-wide services that sit outside any region. https://github.com/xbill9/zombiescan What Gets Left Behind A…
This article offers a comprehensive guide to scanning an AWS account for unused resources and calculating the associated costs. The process employs a Python tool named zombiescan, which performs checks on various resource types, including storage, compute, networking, data services, and account-wide services. Unused resources, such as unattached network interfaces, idle load balancers, and orphaned EBS snapshots, can incur ongoing costs even when not in use, leading to unnecessary expenditures.
The tool generates a detailed report listing the most expensive findings, enabling you to identify and remove those resources that are not currently in use. The pricing data used in the report is sourced from the AWS Price List API and is generated per region, allowing for accurate cost assessments.
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