Script to delete AWS default VPCs from regions using AWS CLI

delete_vpc.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

REGIONS='us-east-1
us-east-2'

INDENT='    '

echo "Using profile $AWS_PROFILE"

for region in $REGIONS; do
  export AWS_REGION=$region
  echo "* Region $region"

      # get default vpc
      vpc=$(aws ec2 describe-vpcs --filter Name=isDefault,Values=true --output text --query 'Vpcs[0].VpcId')
      if [ "${vpc}" = "None" ]; then
        echo "${INDENT}No default vpc found"
        continue
      fi
      echo "${INDENT}Found default vpc ${vpc}"

      # get internet gateway
      igw=$(aws ec2 describe-internet-gateways --filter Name=attachment.vpc-id,Values=${vpc} --output text --query 'InternetGateways[0].InternetGatewayId')
      if [ "${igw}" != "None" ]; then
        echo "${INDENT}Detaching and deleting internet gateway ${igw}"
        aws ec2 detach-internet-gateway --internet-gateway-id ${igw} --vpc-id ${vpc}
        aws ec2 delete-internet-gateway --internet-gateway-id ${igw}
      fi

      # get subnets
      subnets=$(aws ec2 describe-subnets --filters Name=vpc-id,Values=${vpc} --output text --query 'Subnets[].SubnetId')
      if [ "${subnets}" != "None" ]; then
        for subnet in ${subnets}; do
          echo "${INDENT}Deleting subnet ${subnet}"
          aws ec2 delete-subnet --subnet-id ${subnet}
        done
      fi
      
      # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/delete-vpc.html
      # - You can't delete the main route table
      # - You can't delete the default network acl
      # - You can't delete the default security group

      # delete default vpc
      echo "${INDENT}Deleting vpc ${vpc}"
      aws ec2 delete-vpc --vpc-id ${vpc}
done