Discover how to effectively manage AWS costs by using Tag Editor and Service Control Policies (SCPs) for consistent resource tagging. Learn how this strategy can provide increased visibility into AWS Billing and Cost Management details.
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Question
A large company recently experienced an unexpected increase in Amazon RDS and Amazon DynamoDB costs. The company needs to increase visibility into details of AWS Billing and Cost Management. There are various accounts associated with AWS Organizations, including many development and production accounts. There is no consistent tagging strategy across the organization, but there are guidelines in place that require all infrastructure to be deployed using AWS CloudFormation with consistent tagging. Management requires cost center numbers and project ID numbers for all existing and future DynamoDB tables and RDS instances.
Which strategy should the solutions architect provide to meet these requirements?
A. Use Tag Editor to tag existing resources. Create cost allocation tags to define the cost center and project ID and allow 24 hours for tags to propagate to existing resources.
B. Use an AWS Config rule to alert the finance team of untagged resources. Create a centralized AWS Lambda based solution to tag untagged RDS databases and DynamoDB resources every hour using a cross-account role.
C. Use Tag Editor to tag existing resources. Create cost allocation tags to define the cost center and project ID. Use SCPs to restrict resource creation that do not have the cost center and project ID on the resource.
D. Create cost allocation tags to define the cost center and project ID and allow 24 hours for tags to propagate to existing resources. Update existing federated roles to restrict privileges to provision resources that do not include the cost center and project ID on the resource.
Answer
C. Use Tag Editor to tag existing resources. Create cost allocation tags to define the cost center and project ID. Use SCPs to restrict resource creation that do not have the cost center and project ID on the resource.
Explanation
This strategy ensures that all existing resources are tagged with the necessary cost center and project ID information using the AWS Tag Editor. It also sets up Service Control Policies (SCPs) to enforce consistent tagging on all new resources. This approach provides the required visibility into AWS Billing and Cost Management details and ensures compliance with the company’s tagging guidelines.
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