AWS Resource Scanner

A Python script to scan and list AWS resources by region and globally, using a specified AWS profile.

Features

• Scans all AWS regions or a specific list of regions.
• Retrieves resources from EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, and more.
• Fetches global resources like S3 buckets, IAM users, and Route 53 hosted zones.
• Outputs results in a structured JSON file.

Prerequisites

1. Install Python 3.8+
   Ensure you have Python installed on your system. You can download it from python.org.

2. Install AWS CLI

   • Download and install the AWS CLI from AWS CLI official documentation.
   • Verify the installation:

     aws --version

     You should see a version number, e.g., aws-cli/2.x.x.

3. Configure AWS CLI

   • Set up your AWS CLI with profiles:

     aws configure --profile <profile-name>

   • Provide your access key, secret key, default region, and output format when prompted.

4. Install Dependencies

   • Install the boto3 library using pip:

     pip install boto3

Installation

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/aws-resource-scanner.git
cd aws-resource-scanner
pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

• Scan all regions

python aws-scanner.py <aws-profile-name>

• Scan specific regions

python aws-scanner.py <aws-profile-name> --regions us-east-1 eu-west-1

Output

The script saves a JSON file named aws_resources.json with details of the resources grouped by region.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.