This release introduces parking actions for AWS Auto Scaling groups.
With these actions, you can stop Auto Scaling groups temporarily to reduce your cloud expenses and then start them later when you need them. You can enforce these actions in the following ways:
- Use the Parking page to enforce parking actions on demand. To see Auto Scaling groups in the Parking page, use the new design framework. In the navigation bar of the user interface, click 'new feature toggle' icon and then turn on the toggle. Auto Scaling groups are not visible in the old framework.
For more information, see Park: Stop or Start Cloud Resources.
- Set up parking policies and schedules to enforce parking actions automatically.
For more information, see Parking Policies and Parking Schedules.
To take advantage of this feature, add the following permissions to the policies for the IAM role or user that you set up for Turbonomic:
- autoscaling:DescribeLaunchConfigurations
- ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions
Note:
In the supply chain, Auto Scaling groups are represented as Virtual Machine Spec entities. To view details for a group, scope to a Virtual Machine Spec and then see the Entity Information chart.
· New User Role
This release introduces a new user role called Parker. Users with this role can park workloads on demand, manage parking schedules, and view all Turbonomic charts and data. However, these users cannot place workloads, create policies and templates, run plans, and execute any recommended actions.
- Improved Cost Analysis for AWS VMs Covered by Compute Savings Plans
Turbonomic now considers your Compute Savings Plans inventory when it calculates the cost impact of scale actions on AWS VMs. This improvement results in more accurate projected savings for VM scale actions.
To take advantage of this improvement:
- Add the savingsplans:DescribeSavingsPlansOfferingRates permission to the policies for the IAM role or user that you set up for Turbonomic.
- In the navigation bar of the user interface, click 'new feature toggle' icon and then turn on the toggle.
- Specify the purchase profile for your Compute Savings Plans. Navigate to Settings > Billing and Costs, click the AWS discounts tab, and then scroll to the Compute savings plans section.
For more information, see AWS Discounts - Compute Savings Plans.