aws-cost-optimization

# Create a monthly cost budget with email alert at 80% and 100%
aws budgets create-budget \
  --account-id 123456789012 \
  --budget '{
    "BudgetName": "monthly-total",
    "BudgetLimit": {"Amount": "5000", "Unit": "USD"},
    "TimeUnit": "MONTHLY",
    "BudgetType": "COST",
    "CostFilters": {},
    "CostTypes": {
      "IncludeTax": true,
      "IncludeSubscription": true,
      "UseBlended": false
    }
  }' \
  --notifications-with-subscribers '[
    {
      "Notification": {
        "NotificationType": "ACTUAL",
        "ComparisonOperator": "GREATER_THAN",
        "Threshold": 80,
        "ThresholdType": "PERCENTAGE"
      },
      "Subscribers": [{"SubscriptionType": "EMAIL", "Address": "finops@example.com"}]
    },
    {
      "Notification": {
        "NotificationType": "ACTUAL",
        "ComparisonOperator": "GREATER_THAN",
        "Threshold": 100,
        "ThresholdType": "PERCENTAGE"
      },
      "Subscribers": [{"SubscriptionType": "EMAIL", "Address": "finops@example.com"}]
    }
  ]'
 
# List all budgets
aws budgets describe-budgets --account-id 123456789012
 
# Enable Cost Anomaly Detection monitor for all services
aws ce create-anomaly-monitor \
  --anomaly-monitor '{
    "MonitorName": "all-services",
    "MonitorType": "DIMENSIONAL",
    "MonitorDimension": "SERVICE"
  }'
 
# Create anomaly subscription (alert when impact > $50)
aws ce create-anomaly-subscription \
  --anomaly-subscription '{
    "SubscriptionName": "cost-alerts",
    "MonitorArnList": ["arn:aws:ce::123456789012:anomalymonitor/monitor-id"],
    "Subscribers": [{"Type": "EMAIL", "Address": "finops@example.com"}],
    "Threshold": 50,
    "Frequency": "DAILY"
  }'

# Create alarm for estimated charges exceeding $4000
aws cloudwatch put-metric-alarm \
  --alarm-name "billing-alarm-4000" \
  --alarm-description "Alert when estimated charges exceed $4000" \
  --metric-name EstimatedCharges \
  --namespace AWS/Billing \
  --statistic Maximum \
  --period 21600 \
  --threshold 4000 \
  --comparison-operator GreaterThanThreshold \
  --evaluation-periods 1 \
  --dimensions Name=Currency,Value=USD \
  --alarm-actions "arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:123456789012:billing-alerts" \
  --treat-missing-data notBreaching

# List unattached EBS volumes (wasted storage spend)
aws ec2 describe-volumes \
  --filters Name=status,Values=available \
  --query "Volumes[].{ID:VolumeId,Size:Size,Created:CreateTime}" \
  --output table
 
# Find old EBS snapshots (older than 90 days)
aws ec2 describe-snapshots \
  --owner-ids self \
  --query "Snapshots[?StartTime<='2025-12-24'].{ID:SnapshotId,Size:VolumeSize,Date:StartTime}" \
  --output table
 
# List unused Elastic IPs (charged when not associated)
aws ec2 describe-addresses \
  --query "Addresses[?AssociationId==null].{IP:PublicIp,AllocId:AllocationId}" \
  --output table
 
# Find idle load balancers (zero healthy targets)
aws elbv2 describe-target-health \
  --target-group-arn arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-east-1:123456789012:targetgroup/my-tg/abc123
 
# List RDS instances and their utilization
aws cloudwatch get-metric-statistics \
  --namespace AWS/RDS \
  --metric-name CPUUtilization \
  --dimensions Name=DBInstanceIdentifier,Value=mydb \
  --start-time 2026-03-17T00:00:00Z \
  --end-time 2026-03-24T00:00:00Z \
  --period 86400 \
  --statistics Average

# Apply tiered lifecycle policy to reduce storage costs
aws s3api put-bucket-lifecycle-configuration \
  --bucket my-data-bucket \
  --lifecycle-configuration '{
    "Rules": [
      {
        "ID": "TierDownOldData",
        "Status": "Enabled",
        "Filter": {"Prefix": ""},
        "Transitions": [
          {"Days": 30, "StorageClass": "STANDARD_IA"},
          {"Days": 90, "StorageClass": "GLACIER"},
          {"Days": 365, "StorageClass": "DEEP_ARCHIVE"}
        ],
        "NoncurrentVersionTransitions": [
          {"NoncurrentDays": 30, "StorageClass": "GLACIER"}
        ],
        "NoncurrentVersionExpiration": {"NoncurrentDays": 90}
      },
      {
        "ID": "CleanupIncompleteUploads",
        "Status": "Enabled",
        "Filter": {"Prefix": ""},
        "AbortIncompleteMultipartUpload": {"DaysAfterInitiation": 7}
      }
    ]
  }'

resource "aws_budgets_budget" "monthly" {
  name         = "monthly-total"
  budget_type  = "COST"
  limit_amount = "5000"
  limit_unit   = "USD"
  time_unit    = "MONTHLY"
 
  notification {
    comparison_operator        = "GREATER_THAN"
    threshold                  = 80
    threshold_type             = "PERCENTAGE"
    notification_type          = "ACTUAL"
    subscriber_email_addresses = ["finops@example.com"]
  }
 
  notification {
    comparison_operator        = "GREATER_THAN"
    threshold                  = 100
    threshold_type             = "PERCENTAGE"
    notification_type          = "ACTUAL"
    subscriber_email_addresses = ["finops@example.com"]
  }
}
 
resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "billing" {
  alarm_name          = "billing-alarm-4000"
  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanThreshold"
  evaluation_periods  = 1
  metric_name         = "EstimatedCharges"
  namespace           = "AWS/Billing"
  period              = 21600
  statistic           = "Maximum"
  threshold           = 4000
  alarm_description   = "Billing exceeds $4000"
  alarm_actions       = [aws_sns_topic.billing_alerts.arn]
 
  dimensions = {
    Currency = "USD"
  }
}

# Stop all dev instances tagged Environment=dev (run via EventBridge + Lambda)
aws ec2 describe-instances \
  --filters "Name=tag:Environment,Values=dev" "Name=instance-state-name,Values=running" \
  --query "Reservations[].Instances[].InstanceId" \
  --output text | xargs -n1 aws ec2 stop-instances --instance-ids
 
# Scale down dev ECS services to zero at night
aws ecs update-service \
  --cluster dev-cluster \
  --service dev-api \
  --desired-count 0