library
turbot/aws_thrifty

Correct EC2 classic load balancers if unused

Overview

Amazon EC2 classic load balancers with no instances attached still cost money and should be deleted.

This pipeline allows you to specify a collection of EC2 classic load balancers with no instances attached and either sends notifications or attempts to perform predefined corrective actions upon the collection.

Whilst it is possible to utilize this pipeline standalone, it is usually called from either:

Run the pipeline

To run this pipeline from your terminal:

flowpipe pipeline run aws_thrifty.pipeline.correct_ec2_classic_load_balancers_if_unused \
--arg 'items=<list of object>'

Use this pipeline

To call this pipeline from your pipeline, use a step:

step "pipeline" "step_name" {
pipeline = aws_thrifty.pipeline.correct_ec2_classic_load_balancers_if_unused
args = {
items = <list of object>
}
}

Params

NameTypeRequiredDescriptionDefault
itemslist of objectYes-
notifierstringYesThe name of the notifier to use for sending notification messages.default
notification_levelstringYesThe verbosity level of notification messages to send. Valid options are 'verbose', 'info', 'error'.info
approverslist of stringYesList of notifiers to be used for obtaining action/approval decisions.
[
"default"
]
default_actionstringYesThe default action to use for the detected item, used if no input is provided.notify
enabled_actionslist of stringYesThe list of enabled actions to provide to approvers for selection.
[
"skip",
"delete_load_balancer"
]

Outputs

This pipeline has no outputs.

Tags

category = Cost
class = unused
plugin = aws
service = AWS/EC2