Cleanup AWS ECS Task Definitions #13
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name: Cleanup AWS ECS Task Definitions | |
on: | |
schedule: | |
- cron: '0 0 * * 0' # weekly -- Sunday at 00:00 UTC | |
workflow_dispatch: | |
inputs: | |
dry_run: | |
description: 'Perform a dry run without deregistering task definitions' | |
required: true | |
default: false | |
type: boolean | |
jobs: | |
cleanup-task-definitions: | |
runs-on: ubuntu-latest | |
steps: | |
- name: Checkout Repository | |
uses: actions/checkout@v3 | |
- name: Configure AWS Credentials | |
uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2 | |
with: | |
aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.VAEC_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }} | |
aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.VAEC_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }} | |
aws-region: us-gov-west-1 | |
role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.VAEC_DEPLOY_ROLE }} | |
role-skip-session-tagging: true | |
role-duration-seconds: 1800 | |
- name: Cleanup Old ECS Task Definitions | |
id: cleanup-active | |
env: | |
AWS_REGION: "us-gov-west-1" | |
DRY_RUN: ${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run || 'false' }} | |
run: | | |
#!/bin/bash | |
set -e | |
MAX_REV=10 | |
REGION="$AWS_REGION" | |
DRY_RUN="$DRY_RUN" | |
echo "Starting ECS Task Definitions cleanup in region: $REGION" | |
echo "Dry run mode: $DRY_RUN" | |
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
# 1. Function to deregister task definitions (with exponential backoff & jitter). | |
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
deregister_task_definition() { | |
local task_def_arn="$1" | |
if [ "$DRY_RUN" = "true" ]; then | |
echo "[Dry Run] Would deregister task definition: $task_def_arn" | |
else | |
echo "Deregistering task definition: $task_def_arn" | |
# We'll attempt up to 5 times in case of rate limiting | |
for attempt in {1..5}; do | |
if aws ecs deregister-task-definition --task-definition "$task_def_arn" --region "$REGION"; then | |
echo "Deregistered $task_def_arn" | |
break | |
else | |
echo "Attempt $attempt to deregister $task_def_arn failed. Sleeping before retry..." | |
sleep $((attempt * 2)) # exponential backoff (2, 4, 6, 8, 10 seconds) | |
fi | |
done | |
# Introduce a small random jitter between deregistrations | |
sleep_time=$((1 + RANDOM % 3)) # 1–3 seconds | |
echo "Sleeping for $sleep_time second(s) to reduce rate-limit risk..." | |
sleep $sleep_time | |
fi | |
} | |
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
# 2. Function to list all task definitions for a given family (with pagination). | |
# We sort in descending order so that the newest revisions come first. | |
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
list_all_task_definitions() { | |
local family_filter="$1" | |
local next_token="" | |
local task_defs=() | |
while : ; do | |
if [ -z "$next_token" ]; then | |
response=$(aws ecs list-task-definitions \ | |
--region "$REGION" \ | |
--family-prefix "$family_filter" \ | |
--sort DESC \ | |
--max-items 1000 \ | |
--output json \ | |
--query '{taskDefinitionArns: taskDefinitionArns, nextToken: nextToken}') | |
else | |
response=$(aws ecs list-task-definitions \ | |
--region "$REGION" \ | |
--family-prefix "$family_filter" \ | |
--sort DESC \ | |
--max-items 1000 \ | |
--starting-token "$next_token" \ | |
--output json \ | |
--query '{taskDefinitionArns: taskDefinitionArns, nextToken: nextToken}') | |
fi | |
current_batch=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.taskDefinitionArns[]') | |
if [ -n "$current_batch" ]; then | |
task_defs+=( $current_batch ) | |
fi | |
next_token=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.nextToken // empty') | |
if [ -z "$next_token" ]; then | |
break | |
fi | |
done | |
# Return all found ARNs | |
echo "${task_defs[@]}" | |
} | |
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
# 3. List of families to clean up, each keeping only the latest MAX_REV revisions. | |
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
TARGET_FAMILIES=( | |
"dev-notification-api-db-migrations-task" | |
"dev-notification-api-task" | |
"dev-va-enp-api-task" | |
"perf-notification-api-db-migrations-task" | |
"perf-notification-api-task" | |
"perf-va-enp-api-task" | |
"prod-notification-api-db-migrations-task" | |
"prod-notification-api-task" | |
"staging-notification-api-db-migrations-task" | |
"staging-notification-api-task" | |
"dev-notification-celery-beat-task" | |
"dev-notification-celery-task" | |
"perf-notification-celery-beat-task" | |
"perf-notification-celery-task" | |
"prod-notification-celery-beat-task" | |
"prod-notification-celery-task" | |
"staging-notification-celery-beat-task" | |
"staging-notification-celery-task" | |
) | |
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
# 4. Iterate over each family, keep the newest MAX_REV, and deregister older ones. | |
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
for FAMILY in "${TARGET_FAMILIES[@]}"; do | |
echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------" | |
echo "Processing Task Family: $FAMILY" | |
REVISIONS=$(list_all_task_definitions "$FAMILY") | |
if [ -z "$REVISIONS" ]; then | |
echo "No revisions found for family: $FAMILY" | |
continue | |
fi | |
REV_COUNT=0 | |
for REV_ARN in $REVISIONS; do | |
REV_COUNT=$((REV_COUNT + 1)) | |
if [ "$REV_COUNT" -le "$MAX_REV" ]; then | |
echo "Keeping revision $REV_COUNT: $REV_ARN" | |
else | |
deregister_task_definition "$REV_ARN" | |
fi | |
done | |
done | |
echo "ECS Task Definitions cleanup completed successfully." | |
- name: Delete Inactive ECS Task Definitions | |
if: ${{ steps.cleanup-active.outcome == 'success' }} | |
env: | |
AWS_REGION: "us-gov-west-1" | |
DRY_RUN: ${{ github.event.inputs.dry_run || 'false' }} | |
run: | | |
#!/bin/bash | |
set -e | |
REGION="$AWS_REGION" | |
DRY_RUN="$DRY_RUN" | |
echo "=======================================================" | |
echo "Step 2: Delete all INACTIVE ECS Task Definitions (Paginated)." | |
echo "Region: $REGION" | |
echo "Dry run mode: $DRY_RUN" | |
echo "=======================================================" | |
# Paginate manually over INACTIVE definitions | |
list_inactive_task_definitions() { | |
local next_token="" | |
local definitions=() | |
while : ; do | |
if [ -z "$next_token" ]; then | |
response=$(aws ecs list-task-definitions \ | |
--status INACTIVE \ | |
--region "$REGION" \ | |
--output json \ | |
--query '{taskDefinitionArns: taskDefinitionArns, nextToken: nextToken}') | |
else | |
response=$(aws ecs list-task-definitions \ | |
--status INACTIVE \ | |
--starting-token "$next_token" \ | |
--region "$REGION" \ | |
--output json \ | |
--query '{taskDefinitionArns: taskDefinitionArns, nextToken: nextToken}') | |
fi | |
current_batch=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.taskDefinitionArns[]?') | |
if [ -n "$current_batch" ]; then | |
definitions+=( $current_batch ) | |
fi | |
next_token=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.nextToken // empty') | |
[ -z "$next_token" ] && break | |
done | |
echo "${definitions[@]}" | |
} | |
INACTIVE_TASKS_ARRAY=($(list_inactive_task_definitions)) | |
TOTAL_INACTIVE=${#INACTIVE_TASKS_ARRAY[@]} | |
if [ "$TOTAL_INACTIVE" -eq 0 ]; then | |
echo "No INACTIVE task definitions found. Nothing to delete." | |
exit 0 | |
fi | |
echo "Found $TOTAL_INACTIVE INACTIVE task definitions total." | |
echo "We'll delete them in chunks of up to 10." | |
# Function to delete up to 10 definitions (with backoff & jitter): | |
delete_chunk() { | |
local chunk=("$@") | |
echo "Deleting the following INACTIVE tasks:" | |
printf '%s\n' "${chunk[@]}" | |
for attempt in {1..5}; do | |
if aws ecs delete-task-definitions \ | |
--task-definitions "${chunk[@]}" \ | |
--region "$REGION"; then | |
echo "Successfully deleted chunk of up to 10 tasks." | |
break | |
else | |
echo "Attempt $attempt failed. Sleeping before retry..." | |
sleep $((attempt * 2)) # exponential backoff | |
fi | |
if [ "$attempt" -eq 5 ]; then | |
echo "ERROR: Failed to delete chunk after 5 attempts." | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
done | |
# Random jitter of 1–3s | |
local sleep_time=$((1 + RANDOM % 3)) | |
echo "Sleeping for $sleep_time second(s)..." | |
sleep $sleep_time | |
} | |
# Chunk the array | |
CHUNK_SIZE=10 | |
i=0 | |
while [ $i -lt $TOTAL_INACTIVE ]; do | |
CHUNK=("${INACTIVE_TASKS_ARRAY[@]:i:CHUNK_SIZE}") | |
i=$((i + CHUNK_SIZE)) | |
if [ "$DRY_RUN" = "true" ]; then | |
echo "[Dry Run] Would delete the following tasks:" | |
printf '%s\n' "${CHUNK[@]}" | |
else | |
delete_chunk "${CHUNK[@]}" | |
fi | |
done | |
echo "Step 2 complete: All possible INACTIVE definitions have been fully deleted." |