aws-nuke Plugin

Remove all resources from an AWS account. Nuke a whole AWS account and delete all its resources. Useful for cleaning up test accounts.

Commands

Account Cleanup

• aws-nuke account nuke — Nuke all resources in AWS account

Utility

• aws-nuke _ _ — Passthrough to aws-nuke CLI

Usage Examples

• "Clean up AWS account"
• "Delete all AWS resources"
• "Nuke AWS account"
• "AWS resource cleanup"

Installation

brew install aws-nuke

Examples

# Dry run (always do this first!)
aws-nuke account nuke --config nuke-config.yaml --dry-run

# Actual deletion
aws-nuke account nuke --config nuke-config.yaml --no-dry-run

# Use specific profile
aws-nuke account nuke --config nuke-config.yaml --profile myprofile --dry-run

# Any aws-nuke command with passthrough
aws-nuke _ _ run --config nuke-config.yaml --dry-run

Key Features

• Destructive - Removes all resources
• Dry-run - Preview before deletion
• Config - YAML configuration
• Filters - Resource filtering
• Profiles - AWS profile support
• Safe - Dry-run by default
• Complete - Comprehensive coverage
• Regions - Multi-region support
• Fast - Parallel deletion
• Cloud - AWS focused

Notes

• Always use --dry-run first
• Requires AWS credentials
• Destructive operation
• Useful for test accounts