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Cutting down AWS cost by $150k per year simply by shutting things off
> The best optimization is simply shutting things off
This is the way.
A similar idea has been bouncing around in my mind for a while now. An ideal, turnkey system would do the following:
- Execute via Lambda (serverless).
- Support automated startup and shutdown of various AWS resources on a schedule influenced by specially formatted tags.
- Enable resources to be brought back up out of schedule when demand dictates.
- Operate as a TCP/HTTP proxy that can delay clients so that a given service can be started when it is dormant or, even better, the service isn't serverless but you want it to be. This can't work for everything, but perhaps enough things such that the need to run always on services is reduced.
Cloud Custodian [1] can purportedly do some of this, but I've been reluctant to learn yet another YAML-based DSL to use it.
So this is my "make things designed to be always-on serverless instead" project and the work AWS has done to make Java apps function on Lambda keeps me thinking about the potential to take things that 1) have a relatively long startup time and 2) are designed to be long running service loops, and find a way to force them into the serverless execution model.
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When have you screwed up, bad?
Goal was to clear up anything old and set us up to rotate keys in use. Why did I do it in the end of December? It was a quarterly goal and I learned to push those across the line if I wanted a good review. Great incentive, that one. I used Cloud Custodian for this. It has a terrible bug where the code says you'll be acting on days since the key was used but actually is reading days since it was created.
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Open-Source tools for monitoring ML/AI usage- Recommendations?
What is wrong with https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian?
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Automate deletion of aws ebs snapshots older than year
You can start reading about it here.
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Optimizing cost on an app which is not used 24/7
Use a tool like this https://cloudcustodian.io/ to manage instance on/off hours or go fargate.
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Going for the CCP with a Compliance background. Any insight on what direction to pursue in AWS?
Certs aside, there are some great compliance tools out there that you might want to become familiar with. Here is one that comes to mind (is open-source): https://cloudcustodian.io/
- What are some of the community's best recommendations and use cases for Cost Optimization and FinOps
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EC2 start and stop via Lambda
I'd use a combination of Cloudcustodian for start/stop scheduling and Apprise for notifications.
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Tag Enforcement
Cloud custodian is a good utility if config rules doesn’t satisfy your needs. It’s also cross platform.
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26 AWS Security Best Practices to Adopt in Production
AWS Security with open source – Cloud Custodian is a Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tool. CSPM tools evaluate your cloud configuration and identify common configuration mistakes. They also monitor cloud logs to detect threats and configuration changes.
falco
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Cisco Acquires Splunk
https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco
Like snort, but looks at system calls.
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Kubernetes security projects for entry grad roles in DevSecOps/Cloud security
From one noob to another - I had a lot of fun setting up Falco (https://falco.org) and creating custom policies & alerts.
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An Overview of Kubernetes Security Projects at KubeCon Europe 2023
Falco is a well-known open source security solution originally created by Sysdig. It’s a CNCF incubating project and one of the few (as far as I can tell) options on this list that uses eBPF to scan for vulnerabilities.
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K8s secret management
Use some kind of SIEM or Falco to alert you to threats (you can't stop them, but a human can always intervene)
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How to Deploy and Scale Strapi on a Kubernetes Cluster 2/2
Falco, is a security project that can help you detect threats from within your cluster.
- Opensource IDS for Kubernetes??
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Go based eBPF projects
https://falco.org/ is a security-focused monitoring and alerting with an eBPF option
- Is there a utility that can send shell command to all pods?
- eBPF – Running sandboxed programs in a privileged context such as OS kernel
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My GoLab 2022 experience
On the cgo side I want to highlight two talks: one from Loris Cro about dealing with cross-complition difficulties, that the usage of cgo brings, using the Zig language and the other from Jason Dellaluce and Leonardo Grasso about how to extend Falco, a Kubernetes threat detection engine, which is written in C++, with plugins written in Go, explaining the challenges of integrating cgo in both C and Go.
What are some alternatives?
terraform - Terraform enables you to safely and predictably create, change, and improve infrastructure. It is a source-available tool that codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned.
trivy - Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more
ScoutSuite - Multi-Cloud Security Auditing Tool
Kyverno - Kubernetes Native Policy Management
steampipe - Zero-ETL, infinite possibilities. Live query APIs, code & more with SQL. No DB required.
OSQuery - SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics.
gatekeeper - 🐊 Gatekeeper - Policy Controller for Kubernetes
fixinventory - Fix Inventory consolidates user, resource, and configuration data from your cloud environments into a unified, graph-based asset inventory.
kubescape - Kubescape is an open-source Kubernetes security platform for your IDE, CI/CD pipelines, and clusters. It includes risk analysis, security, compliance, and misconfiguration scanning, saving Kubernetes users and administrators precious time, effort, and resources.
cloudquery - The open source high performance ELT framework powered by Apache Arrow
istio - Connect, secure, control, and observe services.