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1040 Find Orphaned AWS Instances¶
Overview¶
- Id: 1040
- Time: 10 Minutes
- Enabled: Yes
- Difficulty: introductory
- Tags: aws, cloud, compliance
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Objective¶
Discover AWS instances created outside of Digital Rebar
Business ROI: Improved operational control and consistency of infrastructure
Prerequisites¶
Required Labs:
- 1030
Addtional Checklist Items:
- The AWS cloud broker installed
- At least one AWS instance running in your AWS region that was not created by Digital Rebar
- Access to your cloud provider console
Summary¶
Create an AWS reference cluster¶
- To provide a base-line, create a minimal cluster using the AWS resource broker (lab 1020)
- Allow it to create new AWS instances
Create AWS-CLI broker¶
- Create an AWS-CLI based Resource Broker with your AWS credentials and region
- Wait for the broker to enter Work Order mode
Run the Discovery Process¶
- From the AWSCLI Broker, select and apply the
cloud-awscli-reconcile-instances
blueprint- Review the Alerts to see the INFO created by Digital Rebar discovering unregistered machines
- Review the Machines to see machines created by Digital Rebar based on your AWS-CLI broker configuration. Note that scans are region specific
- Review all AWS machines to confirm that the
aws/inspect
Param is populated with AWS discovery information