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.