Smart Stop

Smart Stop is an Autofix feature that automates the shutdown of existing instances in the environment through a key and value.

Smart Stop includes the following AWS services: EC2, RDS and Auto Scaling Group

  1. Accessing Smart Stop.

In the Autofix side menu, select Smart Stop.

Select the EC2, RDS, or Auto Scaling Group service:

  1. Creating an action

On the main screen, click the "Add" button

  1. Properties

The system will open a screen to create the action

  • Add a name to the Smart Stop action:

  • Set the Smart Stop type:

Sets metrics so that Smart Stop can monitor resources and stop resources that are outside the configured metric.

  • Define the regions:

The system allows to select more than one region

  • Define accounts:

The system allows to select more than one account

  1. Filters

By clicking the next button, the system will advance to the filters screen, where it is possible to add the desired filters.

Filters are where Smart Stop will locate resources by key and value

  • In "Filter Type" it is possible to locate the resource in three ways: tag, resource name and resource id:

  • Set the expression CONTAINS and NOT CONTAIN:

  • In key and value, add the resource ID so it can be found.

  • When adding, you can view the filter of the created resource

  1. Metrics

By clicking the next button, the system will advance to the Metrics screen

  • Set the metrics to check the Smart Stop action. For example, vCPU usage:

Note: Smart Stop will monitor the VCPU usage of resources.

  • Set the period during which Smart Stop will monitor the resource that has VCPU usage below the defined value:

  • Set the maximum percentage less than: VCPU usage value that will indicate Smart Stop monitoring:

  1. Schedule

By clicking the next button, the system will advance to the Schedule screen

  • Set the Smart Stop monitoring schedule

Execution interval that Smart Stop will monitor resources to find resources outside the defined metric.

Once the rule has been created, the configuration is visible on the Smart Stop home screen, where it is possible to Activate and deactivate the rule in the “Status” column.

  1. Edit

  • Allows the user to edit any information created in the action.

  1. Delete

  • Allows the user to delete the created action.

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