library
turbot/aws_thrifty

Detect & correct DynamoDB tables with stale data

Overview

DynamoDB tables can be quite costly to retain, it is also likely that after a certain point in time they're no longer required and should be cleaned up to prevent further costs.

This pipeline detects unused health checks and then either sends a notification or attempts to perform a predefined corrective action.

Getting Started

This control will work out-of-the-box with some sensible defaults (configurable via variables).

You should be able to simply run the following command in your terminal:

flowpipe pipeline run detect_and_correct_dynamodb_tables_with_stale_data

By default, Flowpipe runs in wizard mode and prompts directly in the terminal for a decision on the action(s) to take for each detected resource.

However, you can run Flowpipe in server mode with external integrations, allowing it to prompt for input via http, slack, teams, etc.

Alternatively, you can choose to configure and run in other modes:

  • Notify: Provides detections without taking any corrective action.
  • Automatic: Performs corrective actions automatically without user intervention.

Run the pipeline

To run this pipeline from your terminal:

flowpipe pipeline run aws_thrifty.pipeline.detect_and_correct_dynamodb_tables_with_stale_data

Use this pipeline

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

step "pipeline" "step_name" {
pipeline = aws_thrifty.pipeline.detect_and_correct_dynamodb_tables_with_stale_data
}

Params

NameTypeRequiredDescriptionDefault
databasestringYesDatabase connection string.postgres://steampipe@localhost:9193/steampipe
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(string)YesList 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(string)YesThe list of enabled actions to provide to approvers for selection.
[
"skip",
"delete_table"
]

Outputs

This pipeline has no outputs.

Tags

category = Cost
class = unused
plugin = aws
service = AWS/DynamoDB
type = featured