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Meet Provenience
Getting more with less from AWS Config Managing AWS resources for cost and security use cases can be a challenging affair. A single source AWS asset inventory is still a largely unsolved problem, but one service that gets close to the mark is AWS Config. While resource type coverage is not comprehensive, AWS has continued
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BOYD 2.0 Release
The latest version of BOYD has a few new features and a lot of performance improvements, in addition to Polars (1.36.1) and Plotly Dash (3.3.0) updates. Pre-Collection Account Filtering BOYD Settings now allows users to pre-filter their raw Cost and Usage Report (CUR) datasets by account ID. After configuring your session profile and bucket/prefix, the
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An Introduction to AWS Cost and Usage Report Data with BOYD
Video Blog – An Introduction to AWS Cost and Usage Report Data with BOYD Join us for an introductory analysis session where we analyze a sample AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR) dataset using BOYD.
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BOYD Setup and Filter Classifications
Video Blog – BOYD Initial Setup and an Introduction to Filter Classifications Our first video blog entry demonstrates how easy it is to setup BOYD, begin understanding the AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR) dataset, and start filling tagging gaps.
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Digging Efficiently with BOYD
Maximizing BOYD performance with CUR datasets AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR) datasets typically contain in excess of 100+ columns, depending on services in use and cost allocation tags included in the data. Trying to make sense of what is available and, more importantly, valuable to your use case can require substantial effort. Most of
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BOYD and the CUR(s)
BOYD supports all AWS Cost and Usage Report versions currently available, but which should you choose? This question matters a lot if you are data engineering CUR processing, but, technically speaking, BOYD doesn’t really care. Some nuances in the formats for each version may slow down collecting data slightly, but think of it as shoveling
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Meet BOYD
An AWS Cost and Usage Reports utility tool for asset/inventory management and archaeological analysis Tracking assets and inventorying resources in AWS can be a challenge. There are service provider options, but most of them are tedious. AWS Config? Not cheap, not all resources are supported, and using aggregation excludes deleted resources while adding more clickOps
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Into the Clouds with a Shovel
I changed jobs close to seven years ago with a personal objective to learn Python. Having battled “data challenges” during every facet of my career, I couldn’t see myself keeping up without the ability to automate collection and analysis of data. My new role was primarily security and compliance related, but a subset of my