Grant AIM permissions to view billing data in AWS
IAM access permissions must be obtained to view the billing data in AWS.
Follow the steps in this AWS document to obtain access.
In order to perform the steps in this document, you must be logged in asroot
from the AWS instance that manages cost and billing for the AWS organization.
Activating cost allocation tags in DuploCloud AWS
The duplo-project cost allocation tag must be activated after you enable IAM access to billing data. Use the same AWS user and account that you used to enable IAM access to activate cost allocation tags.
To apply and activate cost allocation tags, follow the steps in this document.
After you activate the tag successfully, you should see this screen:
Manage costs for resources
Usage costs for resources can be viewed and managed in the DuploCloud Portal, by month or week, and by Tenant. You can also explore historical resource costs.
To enable the billing feature, you must:
To view the Billing page for AWS in the DuploCloud Portal, navigate to Administrator -> Billing.
You can view usage by:
Time
Select the Spend by Month tab and click More Details to display monthly and weekly spending options.
Tenant
Select the Spend by Tenant tab.
You must first enable the billing feature to view or manage usage costs in the DuploCloud Portal.
To view the billing details by Tenant in the DuploCloud Portal, navigate to Cloud Services -> Tenant. Select the Tenant you want to view billing details for from the list box in the upper left.
The dashboard displays the top five spending services for the Tenant for each month. Click More Details to display monthly and weekly spending options.
Displaying Service and Tenant billing data.
You can use the Billing Summary area in the respective tab on the billing page in the DuploCloud Portal to view 18 months of Service and Tenant spending data.
In the DuploCloud portal, navigate to Cloud Services -> Billing.
Select the Spend by Month tab to view the 5 top-spending Services per month.
Click More Details on any month card to view spending by Service for that month.
In the DuploCloud portal, navigate to Administrator -> Billing.
Select the Spend by Tenant tab to view the 5 top-spending Tenants per month.
Click Show All Tenants to view all spending by Tenant for that month.
Click More Details on any month card to view other details such as the 5 top-spending Services for that month.
Enable access to billing data in AWS by following the steps in this .
so that DuploCloud can retrieve billing data.
Displaying Node Usage for billing
DuploCloud calculates license usage by Node for the following categories:
Elastic Compute Cloud
Elastic Container Services
AWS Lambda Functions
Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow
In the DuploCloud portal, navigate to Administrator -> Billing. The Billing page displays.
Click the DuploCloud License Usage tab.
Click More Details in any License Usage card for additional breakdown of Node Usage statistics per Tenant.
Click the DuploCloud license documentation link to download a copy of the license document.