Snapshots Older Than X Days

This bot looks for snapshots of compute volumes such as AWS’s Elastic Block Storage service that are older than a defined set of days, e.g., 30. The value can be tweaked to accommodate the retention policy best suited for your organization and stakeholders.

Recommended Action

Use the built-in BotFactory action “Delete Resource” to purge the identified stale snapshots from the account to save money.

Severity

Low

Resource Types Inspected

Snapshots

Reactive Hookpoints

This bot is not reactive. It is instead on a daily schedule which scans each night for stale snapshots which exceed the defined range.