Dashboard: EC2 Checks
Thrifty EC2 Benchmark
Thrifty developers eliminate their unused and underutilized EC2 instances. This benchmark focuses on finding resources that have not been restarted recently, have low utilization, using very large instance sizes, and reserved instances scheduled to expire within the next 30 days or have expired in the preceding 30 days.
Variables
| Variable | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| ec2_instance_allowed_types | A list of allowed instance types. PostgreSQL wildcards are supported. | ["%.nano", "%.micro", "%.small", "%.medium", "%.large", "%.xlarge", "%._xlarge"] |
| ec2_instance_avg_cpu_utilization_high | The average CPU utilization required for instances to be considered frequently used. This value should be higher than ec2_instance_avg_cpu_utilization_low. | 35% |
| ec2_instance_avg_cpu_utilization_low | The average CPU utilization required for instances to be considered infrequently used. This value should be lower than ec2_instance_avg_cpu_utilization_high. | 20% |
| ec2_reserved_instance_expiration_warning_days | The number of days reserved instances can be running before sending a warning. | 30 days |
| ec2_running_instance_age_max_days | The maximum number of days instances are allowed to run. | 90 days |
Usage
Browse dashboards and select EC2 Checks:
steampipe dashboardOr snapshot and share results via Steampipe Cloud:
steampipe loginsteampipe dashboard --share aws_thrifty.benchmark.ec2Benchmark
This dashboard is automatically generated from the following benchmark:
benchmark.ec2