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cloud-custodian
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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.
[1] https://cloudcustodian.io/
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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.
steampipe
- Steampipe: Dynamically query APIs, code and more with SQL
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Cloud Tools You Probably Haven't Heard Of
Steampipe is a tool for querying cloud APIs and other data sources using SQL in a zero-ETL manner.
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Show HN: Query Your Sheets with SheetSQL
Readers may also enjoy Steampipe [1], an open source CLI to live query Google Sheets [2] and 140+ other services with SQL (e.g. AWS, GitHub, etc). It uses Postgres Foreign Data Wrappers under the hood and supports joins etc across the services. (Disclaimer - I'm a lead on the project.)
1 - https://github.com/turbot/steampipe
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Osquery: An sqlite3 virtual table exposing operating system data to SQL
be mindful of its AGPLv3 https://github.com/turbot/steampipe/blob/v0.21.8/LICENSE (AFAIK v0.4.3 is the last MIT release https://github.com/turbot/steampipe/blob/v0.4.3/LICENSE ) and the actual providers are Apache 2 <https://github.com/turbot/steampipe-plugin-aws/blob/v0.131.0...> (but I don't know if provider drift makes them compatible with 0.4 or not)
iasql seems to be AWS only, but good for them for taking this on:
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How to run an AWS CIS v3.0 assessment in CloudShell
In a prior post I showed how to install Steampipe in AWS CloudShell to instantly query over 460+ resource types from your AWS APIs using SQL, and another post on how to use the Steampipe AWS Compliance mod to assess over 25+ security benchmarks across your AWS accounts.
- Git Query Language
- Query Cloud and SaaS APIs with SQL
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Cutting down AWS cost by $150k per year simply by shutting things off
Readers may find Steampipe's [1] AWS Thrifty Mod [2] useful. It will automatically scan multiple accounts and regions for 50 cost saving opportunities - many of which are looking for over-provisioned or unused resources. For example, it's crazy how much you can save by doing things like just converting your EBS volumes to the newer gp3 type. Combine with Flowpipe [3] to automate checks and actions. It's all open source and extensible.
1 - https://github.com/turbot/steampipe
- FLaNK Weekly 08 Jan 2024
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Zero-ETL for Postgres: Live-query cloud APIs with 100 open source FDWs
Steampipe [1] is an open source project [2] that includes an embedded Postgres to instantly query cloud, code & more with SQL. This release expands our plugin ecosystem [3] to be a full Zero-ETL platform. Steampipe plugins can now run natively in your own Postgres as Foreign Data Wrappers [4], as SQLite extensions [5] or as simple data export tools [6]. Please give it a try, we'd love your feedback and contributions!
1 - https://steampipe.io
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.
cloudquery - The open source high performance ELT framework powered by Apache Arrow
ScoutSuite - Multi-Cloud Security Auditing Tool
metriql - The metrics layer for your data. Join us at https://metriql.com/slack
gatekeeper - 🐊 Gatekeeper - Policy Controller for Kubernetes
inspec-aws - InSpec AWS Resource Pack https://www.inspec.io/
fixinventory - Fix Inventory consolidates user, resource, and configuration data from your cloud environments into a unified, graph-based asset inventory.
steampipe-mod-github-sherlock - Interrogate your GitHub resources with the help of the world's greatest detectives: Powerpipe + Steampipe + Sherlock.
embedded-postgres-binaries - Lightweight bundles of PostgreSQL binaries with reduced size intended for testing purposes.
checkov - Prevent cloud misconfigurations and find vulnerabilities during build-time in infrastructure as code, container images and open source packages with Checkov by Bridgecrew.
dockertest - Write better integration tests! Dockertest helps you boot up ephermal docker images for your Go tests with minimal work.