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Update all AWS CloudWatch log groups retention policies with AWS CLI
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update-cloudwatch-retentionpolicies.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Updating Retention Policies xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
RETENTION_IN_DAYS=14
AWS_REGION=us-west-2
LOG_GROUPS=$(aws logs describe-log-groups --region $AWS_REGION | jq --raw-output '.logGroups|.[]?|.logGroupName')
for logGroup in $LOG_GROUPS
do
echo EXECUTING: "Updating retention policy for ${logGroup} with ${RETENTION_IN_DAYS} day(s)"
aws logs put-retention-policy --retention-in-days $RETENTION_IN_DAYS --region $AWS_REGION --log-group-name $logGroup
done
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