AWS Thrifty Mod for Powerpipe

An AWS cost savings and waste checking tool.

Run checks in a dashboard:

Or in a terminal:

Documentation

• Benchmarks and controls →
• Named queries →

Getting Started

Installation

Install Powerpipe (https://powerpipe.io/downloads), or use Brew:

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brew install turbot/tap/powerpipe

This mod also requires Steampipe with the AWS plugin as the data source. Install Steampipe (https://steampipe.io/downloads), or use Brew:

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brew install turbot/tap/steampipe
steampipe plugin install aws

Steampipe will automatically use your default AWS credentials. Optionally, you can setup multiple accounts or customize AWS credentials.

Finally, install the mod:

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mkdir dashboards
cd dashboards
powerpipe mod init
powerpipe mod install github.com/turbot/steampipe-mod-aws-thrifty

Browsing Dashboards

Start Steampipe as the data source:

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steampipe service start

Start the dashboard server:

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powerpipe server

Browse and view your dashboards at http://localhost:9033.

Running Checks in Your Terminal

Instead of running benchmarks in a dashboard, you can also run them within your
terminal with the powerpipe benchmark command:

List available benchmarks:

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powerpipe benchmark list

Run a benchmark:

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powerpipe benchmark run ec2

Different output formats are also available, for more information please see
Output Formats.

Configure Variables

Several benchmarks have input variables that can be configured to better match your environment and requirements. Each variable has a default defined in its source file, e.g., controls/rds.sp, but these can be overwritten in several ways:

It's easiest to setup your vars file, starting with the sample:

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cp powerpipe.ppvars.example powerpipe.ppvars
vi powerpipe.ppvars

Alternatively you can pass variables on the command line:

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powerpipe benchmark run ec2 --var=ec2_running_instance_age_max_days=90

Or through environment variables:

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export PP_VAR_ec2_running_instance_age_max_days=90 
powerpipe control run long_running_ec2_instances

These are only some of the ways you can set variables. For a full list, please see Passing Input Variables.

Common and Tag Dimensions

The benchmark queries use common properties (like account_id, connection_name and region) and tags that are defined in the form of a default list of strings in the variables.sp file. These properties can be overwritten in several ways:

It's easiest to setup your vars file, starting with the sample:

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cp powerpipe.ppvars.example powerpipe.ppvars
vi powerpipe.ppvars

Alternatively you can pass variables on the command line:

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powerpipe benchmark run cloudfront --var 'tag_dimensions=["Environment", "Owner"]'

Or through environment variables:

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export PP_VAR_common_dimensions='["account_id", "connection_name", "region"]'
export PP_VAR_tag_dimensions='["Environment", "Owner"]'
powerpipe benchmark run cloudfront

Open Source & Contributing

This repository is published under the Apache 2.0 license. Please see our code of conduct. We look forward to collaborating with you!

Steampipe and Powerpipe are products produced from this open source software, exclusively by Turbot HQ, Inc. They are distributed under our commercial terms. Others are allowed to make their own distribution of the software, but cannot use any of the Turbot trademarks, cloud services, etc. You can learn more in our Open Source FAQ.

Get Involved

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Want to help but don't know where to start? Pick up one of the help wanted issues:

• Powerpipe
• AWS Thrifty Mod