Guides

How to run the AWS checks yourself, with the commands — and what it costs when nobody runs them.

• Are your EC2 instances actually backed up? How to checkMost teams assume their servers have backups until they need one. How to check every EC2 instance's snapshots from the command line, why one disk without a snapshot means the whole server can't be restored, and how to automate it.
• How to check if an S3 bucket is publicThe three ways an S3 bucket becomes public, how to check every bucket in your account from the command line, and the one setting that closes all three.
• How to find unattached EBS volumes (and what they're costing you)Unattached EBS volumes keep billing with no instance using them. How to find every one across all AWS regions with one command, work out what they cost, and delete them safely.
• Stopped EC2 instance still charging? Here's what you're paying forA stopped EC2 instance stops billing for compute, but its EBS volumes and Elastic IPs keep charging. How to find every stopped instance across all regions, what each one costs, and how to clean up safely.