This video explores user-defined cost allocation tags, how to activate these, and the restrictions associated.
- [Instructor] User-defined tags are defined, … created, and applied by the user. … To activate the user-defined tags, … I'm logged into the AWS console. … I'll click on the display name on the upper … right hand corner, and click on my billing dashboard. … On the left navigation pane, I'll click … on cost allocation tags. … In order for tags to appear on your billing reports, … you must activate them. … I'm going to select the required tags, … in this case cost center and department, … and click on activate. … I'll click on activate again. … The message on screen confirms … that the tags have been activated. … AWS recommends using the AWS tag editor … to create and apply user-defined tags. … It provides a central, unified way to create … and manage user-defined tags. … User-defined tags have a few more restrictions … compared to AWS generated tags. … Tags are case sensitive, the maximum character length … for the tag key and value is 128 and 256 Unicode characters. … A maximum of 50 tags can be applied per resource. …
Author
Shyamraj Selvaraju
Released
3/26/2019- Automation and optimization in AWS
- On-Demand, Spot, and Reserved Instances
- AWS Auto Scaling
- Performing manual and scheduled scaling
- Simple and step scaling policies
- Creating and invoking a Lambda function
- Instance Scheduler
- Cost allocation tags
- Trusted Advisor recommendations
- Simple Monthly Calculator
- Cost Explorer
- Creating an organization and policy
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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1. Optimize Your EC2 Costs
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On-Demand EC2 instances2m 37s
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EC2 Spot Instances4m 43s
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Spot Instance interruptions4m 50s
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EC2 Reserved Instances4m 9s
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Launch Reserved Instances2m 17s
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2. Auto Scaling
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Auto Scaling3m 36s
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Create an Auto Scaling group4m 57s
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Manual scaling3m 41s
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Scheduled scaling3m 3s
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Target tracking2m 41s
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Simple scaling4m 8s
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Step scaling5m 28s
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3. AWS Lambda
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Lambda3m 47s
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Create a Lambda function4m 44s
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Invoke Lambda functions2m 22s
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4. AWS Instance Scheduler
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AWS Instance Scheduler2m 32s
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Deploy an Instance Scheduler6m 23s
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Instance Scheduler tags3m 18s
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5. Cost Allocation Tags
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Cost allocation tags1m 59s
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6. Trusted Advisor
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Trusted Advisor2m 31s
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7. AWS Cost Calculator and Explorer
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AWS Cost Explorer5m 3s
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8. AWS Organizations
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AWS Organizations2m 32s
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Create an AWS Organization3m 18s
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Conclusion
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Next steps38s
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