[AWS] RDS Will Start DB Instance After Stopped Seven Days Automation

Situation

AWS RDS Will Start DB Instance After You Stopped DB Instance Seven Days Automation For That Doesn’t Fall Behind Any Required Maintenance Updates.

Ref

How To

• ### You Can Delete DB Instance After Take Snapshot, If You Want Use That DB, You Can Restore DB Instance From Snapshot.
• ### You Can Write Lambda Function With Schedule To Stop DB Instance.

Write Lambda ~

Create IAM & Lambda

IAM Policy

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "rds:StartDBCluster",
                "rds:StopDBCluster",
                "rds:ListTagsForResource",
                "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
                "rds:StopDBInstance",
                "rds:DescribeDBClusters",
                "rds:StartDBInstance"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}

Lambda Code For Stop Tagged DB Instance (Python)

import boto3
rds = boto3.client('rds')

def lambda_handler(event, context):

    #Stop DB instances
    dbs = rds.describe_db_instances()
    for db in dbs['DBInstances']:
        #Check if DB instance is not already stopped
        if (db['DBInstanceStatus'] == 'available'):
            try:
                GetTags=rds.list_tags_for_resource(ResourceName=db['DBInstanceArn'])['TagList']
                for tags in GetTags:
                #if tag "autostop=yes" is set for instance, stop it
                    if(tags['Key'] == 'autostop' and tags['Value'] == 'yes'):
                        result = rds.stop_db_instance(DBInstanceIdentifier=db['DBInstanceIdentifier'])
                        print ("Stopping instance: {0}.".format(db['DBInstanceIdentifier']))
            except Exception as e:
                print ("Cannot stop instance {0}.".format(db['DBInstanceIdentifier']))
                print(e)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    lambda_handler(None, None)

In Lambda Schedule

cron(00 00 ? * SUN *)