Cleans orphaned snapshots from an EC2 account. Requires boto config.

clean_orphaned_snapshots.py

'''
@author Bommarito Consulting, LLC
@date 20120622

Identify and, if requested, remove orphaned snapshots from an EC2 account.
'''


# Imports
import boto
import re
import sys

def main():
	'''
	Main method
	'''
	
	if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'delete':
		deleteSnapshots = True
	else:
		deleteSnapshots = False
	
	# Open connection to EC2
	ec2Connection = boto.connect_ec2()
	
	# Get the list of registered AMIs.
	imageIds, imageNames = zip(*[(image.id, image.name + ", " + image.description) for image in ec2Connection.get_all_images(owners=['self'])])
	imageNames = dict(zip(imageIds, imageNames))

	# Get list of snapshots and AMIs
	reAmi = re.compile('ami-[^ ]+')
	snapshots = []
	snapshotsToDelete = []
	snapshotsUnknown = []
	imageSnapshots = {}
	
	for snapshot in ec2Connection.get_all_snapshots(owner='self'):
		# Get id and image ID via regex.
		snapshotId = snapshot.id
		snapshotImageId = reAmi.findall(snapshot.description)
		if len(snapshotImageId) != 1:
			snapshotsUnknown.append(snapshotId)
		else:
			snapshotImageId = snapshotImageId[0]
			
		# Update lists
		snapshots.append(snapshotId)
		if snapshotImageId not in imageIds:
			snapshotsToDelete.append(snapshotId)
		else:
			if snapshotImageId in imageSnapshots:
				imageSnapshots[snapshotImageId].append(snapshotId)
			else:
				imageSnapshots[snapshotImageId] = [snapshotId]
	
	print "Mapped snapshots:"
	for image in sorted(imageSnapshots.keys()):
		print image + ": " + imageNames[image]
		for snapshot in imageSnapshots[image]:
			print "\t- " + snapshot

	print
	print "Orphans: " + ','.join(sorted(snapshotsToDelete))
	print
	print "Unknown: " + ','.join(sorted(snapshotsUnknown))
	
	if deleteSnapshots == True:
		deleteConfirm = raw_input("Are you sure you want to delete the above orphan snapshots [y/n]? ")
		if deleteConfirm == 'y':
			for snapshot in snapshotsToDelete:
				print 'Removing ' + snapshot + '...'
				ec2Connection.delete_snapshot(snapshot)
	
	# Close connection to EC2.
	ec2Connection.close()

if __name__ == "__main__":
	main()

Nice, but you really should be checking that snapshot is not attached to a volume before deleting it as well.