Removes all backups (aka recovery points) inside a AWS Backup vault

aws-backup-vault-purge.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -e

echo "Enter the region of the vault where all backups should be deleted"
read REGION

echo "Enter the name of the vault where all backups should be deleted"
read VAULT_NAME

for ARN in $(aws backup list-recovery-points-by-backup-vault --backup-vault-name "${VAULT_NAME}" --query 'RecoveryPoints[].RecoveryPointArn' --output text --region "${REGION}"); do 
  echo "deleting ${ARN} ..."
  aws backup delete-recovery-point --backup-vault-name "${VAULT_NAME}" --recovery-point-arn "${ARN}" --region "${REGION}
done