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hermes-pimentel/aws_cloudwatch_log_group_retention.py

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Created April 4, 2018 18:43
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aws_cloudwatch_log_group_retention.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
'''
This script sets a retention on all the logGroups that don't have one set
'''
import boto3
import logging
# Retention it will be set to
RETENTION = 30
logging.basicConfig(format='%(message)s', level=logging.INFO)
client = boto3.client('logs')
paginator = client.get_paginator('describe_log_groups')
for page in paginator.paginate(limit = 50):
for group in page.get('logGroups', []):
_ret = group.get('retentionInDays', -1)
name = group.get('logGroupName', '')
if _ret == -1 and len(name) > 0:
logging.info('Setting retention to %s days for %s', RETENTION, name)
client.put_retention_policy(logGroupName=name, retentionInDays=RETENTION)
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