ec2-longrun

a python script that will login to aws and find instances that have been running longer than the number of days specified

notes

the ip address displayed is the private ip address this can be changed to the public ip address, however I'm using it for vpc instances w/o a public address.

usage

usage: ec2-longrun.py [-h] -a ACCESSKEY -s SECRETACCESSKEY -d NUMBEROFDAYS

Find AWS EC2 Instances running longer than X days

optional arguments:

  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

  -a ACCESSKEY, --accesskey ACCESSKEY

                        AWS Access Key ID

  -s SECRETACCESSKEY, --secretaccesskey SECRETACCESSKEY

                        AWS Secret Access Key ID

  -d NUMBEROFDAYS, --numberofdays NUMBEROFDAYS
                        Number of Days

output

output is brief and simple, example run below:

jgilmour-mac:longrun jgilmour$ python ec2-longrun.py -a djdahsdhakjjkwdhkhkudu -s xjsjhdjskkaddkjj -d 2
id: i-8s98bc93, instance type: m1.small, runtime (in days): 361, ip address: 10.2.0.254
id: i-s47c51db, instance type: m1.small, runtime (in days): 827, ip address: 10.2.0.5
id: i-0346446b, instance type: m1.small, runtime (in days): 417, ip address: 10.2.0.4
id: i-49c481f8, instance type: m1.small, runtime (in days): 760, ip address: 10.2.0.8