AWS (DNS) Route53 RRSets Cleanup

Delete/Cleanup resource records sets from the selected hosted zone of the AWS Route53.

Features:

• AWS route53 resource record sets cleanup mechanism:
  • Supports dry-run mode before any resource record deletion.
  • Supports regex to include resource records for deletion.

Usage:

Copy the AWS credentials

You can get the credentials from: AWS management console -> Command line or programmatic access

Export the AWS credentials

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<value> AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<value> AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=<value> (`optional-MFA`)

Install the required dependencies

pip3 install --user requirements.txt

Dry-run before any AWS Route53 resource record deletion:

python3 record_cleanup.py --dryrun --regex '.*record.*' --aws-hosted-zone myzone.test.co

Delete the AWS Route53 resource records in the selected zone:

python3 record_cleanup.py --regex '.*record.*' --aws-hosted-zone myzone.test.co

Delete the AWS Route53 resource records using Docker (recommended):

docker build -t aws_route53_cleanup:latest . && \
docker run --rm -it -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="<value>" -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="<value>" \
  -e AWS_SESSION_TOKEN="<value>" aws_route53_cleanup:latest \
  --regex '.*pattern.*' --aws-hosted-zone "<name>"