Reduce AWS OpsWorks costs with these tips

Automate operations with Chef and Puppet

AWS OpsWorks cost saving tips

Optimize your AWS OpsWorks costs with these tips

Use Managed Services

Using managed services like Amazon RDS and DynamoDB instead of self-managing databases reduces operational overhead and complexity, saving on administrative costs.

Monitor AWS Resources

Regularly monitor and delete unused OpsWorks instances and AWS resources. This ensures only required resources are provisioned, optimizing costs.

Use Compute Optimizer

Compute Optimizer identifies overprovisioned resources and underutilized instances. Adjustments based on its recommendations can optimize resource sizing to reduce costs.

Service information & pricing

About AWS OpsWorks

About AWS OpsWorks

AWS OpsWorks, a configuration management service is preparing to close. Service users benefited from managed instances of Chef and Puppet, automation platforms for server configurations. Three offerings – Chef Automate, Puppet Enterprise, and OpsWorks Stacks were provided. Both Chef Automate and Puppet Enterprise versions maintained servers, phased out self-operated systems, and were compatible with existing code. OpsWorks Stacks managed applications and servers.

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AWS OpsWorks pricing

AWS OpsWorks for Chef Automate pricing depends on connected nodes to your Chef server & their runtime, along with the Amazon EC2 instance hosting the Chef server. Charges are hourly for each active EC2 instance or on-premises server, with no upfront fees. Charges stop once a Chef node is de-registered or shut down. AWS Free Tier offers 10 free nodes per month for the first year. Extra charges may be levied for services like Amazon Elastic Block Store, S3 for backups, and CloudWatch for logging.

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