AWS: Automation and Optimization

Learn strategies for optimizing, automating, and auto-scaling processes. Get some guidance around how to control costs while successfully managing cloud operations using AWS.

Introduction

• Automation and optimization in AWS
• What you should know

1. Optimize Your EC2 Costs

• On-Demand EC2 instances
• EC2 Spot Instances
• Request Spot Instances: Part 1
• Request Spot Instances: Part 2
• Spot Instance interruptions
• EC2 Reserved Instances
• Launch Reserved Instances

2. Auto Scaling

• Auto Scaling
• Set up a launch configuration/launch template
• Create an Auto Scaling group
• Verify the Auto Scaling group
• Manual scaling
• Scheduled scaling
• Target tracking
• Simple scaling
• Step scaling

3. AWS Lambda

• Lambda
• Create a Lambda function
• Invoke Lambda functions

4. AWS Instance Scheduler

• AWS Instance Scheduler
• Components of the Instance Scheduler
• Deploy an Instance Scheduler
• Instance Scheduler tags

5. Cost Allocation Tags

• Cost allocation tags
• AWS-generated cost allocation tags
• User-defined cost allocation tags
• Monthly cost allocation report

6. Trusted Advisor

• Trusted Advisor
• Trusted Advisor recommendations

7. AWS Cost Calculator and Explorer

• AWS Simple Monthly Calculator
• AWS Cost Explorer

8. AWS Organizations

• AWS Organizations
• Create an AWS Organization
• Create an AWS Organization policy

Conclusion

• Next steps