🛡️ AWS ELB Application Load Balancer is idle🟢

• Contextual name: 🛡️ ELB Application Load Balancer is idle🟢
• ID: /ce/ca/aws/elb/load-balancer-idle
• Tags:
  • 🟢 Policy with categories
  • 🟢 Policy with type
  • 🟢 Production policy
• Policy Type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
• Policy Categories: COST

Logic

• 🧠 prod.logic.yaml🟢
  • 📗 AWS ELB Load Balancer
  • 🔌 AWS ELB Load Balancer - object.extracts.yaml
  • 🧪 test-data.json

Similar Policies

• Cloud Conformity: Idle Elastic Load Balancer

Description

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Description

This policy identifies AWS Elastic Load Balancers that are considered idle, including Application Load Balancers (ALBs) and Classic Load Balancers (CLBs). A load balancer is classified as idle if it has processed zero requests (that is, the RequestCount metric equals 0) over a 30 days period.

Rationale

Idle load balancers continue to incur hourly charges even when they are not serving traffic. Identifying and decommissioning unused ALBs and CLBs helps reduce unnecessary costs, improve resource hygiene, and optimize overall AWS spending.

Audit

This policy applies only to Application and Classic Load Balancers.

AWS Elastic Load Balancer is flagged as INCOMPLIANT if its 1-Month Request Count metric is less than or equal to 0.

An ELB is marked as INAPPLICABLE if its Created Time is less than 30 days ago.

Remediation

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Remediation

Decommission idle Elastic Load Balancers

Remove idle Application and Classic Load Balancers to eliminate unnecessary costs. Before deletion, verify that the load balancer is no longer required and is not associated with any active applications or dependencies.

From Command Line

Application Load Balancers (ALB)

aws elbv2 delete-load-balancer \
    --region {{aws-region}} \
    --load-balancer-arn {{application-load-balancer-arn}}

Classic Load Balancers (CLB)

aws elb delete-load-balancer \
    --region {{aws-region}} \
    --load-balancer-name {{classic-load-balancer-name}}

policy.yaml

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Linked Framework Sections

Section	Sub Sections	Internal Rules	Policies	Flags	Compliance
💼 Cloudaware Framework → 💼 Waste Reduction			28		no data