AWS Trusted Advisor
Thu, May 5, 2016AWS Trusted Advisor is a product that allows a cloud administrator to provision Amazon Web Services resources according to best practices in four categories: cost optimization, security, fault tolerance and performance improvement. AWS Trusted Advisor compiles best practices based on the collective experiences of previous and existing AWS customers.
AWS Trusted Advisor performs checks that monitor and can help improve performance of AWS resources. The service displays a green check mark icon when no change is needed, an orange exclamation point when an investigation is recommended and a red exclamation point when action is recommended. The number of checks depends on the AWS Support Plan, as Basic and Developer plans are limited to four checks; Business and Enterprise plans allow for 41 checks.
AWS Trusted Advisor provides a dashboard for an admin to visualize the four categories it evaluates, including recent changes to those categories. The service provides action links in its reports, which are hyperlinks that connect an administrator user to the AWS Management Console to quickly make changes to resources.
A cloud administrator working in AWS can receive free notifications through Trusted Advisor to keep updated on resource deployments. An admin can also manually refresh checks every five minutes from the dashboard.
t’s possible to exclude certain items in a Trusted Advisor report if they are not relevant to a particular cloud environment. Trusted Advisor integrates with Amazon Identity and Access Management, allowing an admin to limit access to specific checks or categories.
Features
AWS Trusted Advisor provides a suite of features for you to customize recommendations and to proactively monitor your AWS resources.
Trusted Advisor Notifications
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The Trusted Advisor notification feature helps you stay up-to-date with your AWS resource deployment. You will be notified by weekly email when you opt in for this service, and it is totally free.
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Recent Changes<sup> *</sup>
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You can track recent changes of check status on the console dashboard. The most recent changes appear at the top of the list to bring them to your attention.
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Exclude Items
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The “exclude items” feature (formerly called “suppress”) allows you to customize the Trusted Advisor report. You can exclude items from the check result if they are not relevant; the excluded items appear separately, and you can restore (include) them at any time.
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Items in a Trusted Advisor report have hyperlinks to the AWS Management Console, where you can take action on the Trusted Advisor recommendations.
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You can use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to control access to specific checks or check categories.
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You can retrieve and refresh Trusted Advisor results programmatically using AWS Support API.
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Refresh
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You can refresh individual checks or refresh all the checks at once by clicking the Refresh All button in the top-right corner of the summary dashboard. A check is eligible for refresh 5 minutes after it was last refreshed.
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