PierCloud FinOps Platform - Spot Configurations

Configuration Process for Spot Product

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Elaborated to provide clear and precise guidance, this guide covers the configuration of the AWS Spot module, aiming to facilitate the understanding and execution of the necessary steps to start using it.

PierCloud Role Creation

To configure the PierCloud role in the AWS console, you’ll need a YAML file, which can be downloaded directly from the Pier Cloud platform.

Once the file is saved to your desktop, follow the steps below.

This step must be performed on all existing accounts for the billing role.

On the Pier Cloud Platform:

  1. Within the platform, under the Amazon Web Services context, access the user icon, as shown below:

  1. Select Settings, as illustrated. The first step is to download the YAML files available on the Pier Platform:

  1. In this step, click on AWS Roles in the bottom-left menu, then find the desired role — in this case, we will select the “spot-piercloud” role — and click on the icon on the right to download the role, as shown:

    This file must be saved on the client’s computer for later use in the AWS environment.

If you want to rename the role, simply click the pencil icon next to the role name.

In the AWS Environment:

  1. In the Services menu, choose the Cloud Formation option.

  1. Click on Stacks.

  1. Click Create Stack.

  1. Choose the option: Template is ready, then Upload a template file. Locate the .yml file, downloaded from the Pier Cloud platform in step 1, and click Next after upload.

  1. If you want to assign any TAG to this Role, you can do so on this page. Otherwise, scroll to the bottom and click Next.

  1. Click the checkbox to confirm the creation of the resource and then click Create stack.

  1. Cloud Formation will start creating the PierCloud Role. After a few minutes you should see CREATE_COMPLETE in the status column.

  1. That's it, the configuration is complete.

Below is a summary of the information that must be sent to Pier Cloud:

  • Roles: Spot-customername

    • ID of the Accounts where the role was installed

Note: If the organization role has been installed on the org account, it will not be necessary to send the ID

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