turbot/gcp_thrifty

Control: Compute instances with low CPU utilization should be reviewed

Description

Resize or eliminate under utilized instances.

Usage

Run the control in your terminal:

powerpipe control run gcp_thrifty.control.compute_instance_low_utilization

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe control run gcp_thrifty.control.compute_instance_low_utilization --share

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Params

ArgsNameDefaultDescriptionVariable
$1compute_instance_avg_cpu_utilization_low
20
The average CPU utilization required for instances to be considered infrequently used. This value should be lower than compute_instance_avg_cpu_utilization_high.
$2compute_instance_avg_cpu_utilization_high
35
The average CPU utilization required for instances to be considered frequently used. This value should be higher than compute_instance_avg_cpu_utilization_low.

SQL

with compute_instance_utilization as (
select
name,
round(cast(sum(maximum) / count(maximum) as numeric), 1) as avg_max,
count(maximum) as days
from
gcp_compute_instance_metric_cpu_utilization_daily
where
date_part('day', now() - timestamp :: timestamp) <= 30
group by
name
)
select
self_link as resource,
case
when avg_max is null then 'error'
when avg_max < $1 then 'alarm'
when avg_max < $2 then 'info'
else 'ok'
end as status,
case
when avg_max is null then 'Logging metrics not available for ' || title || '.'
else title || ' averaging ' || avg_max || '% max utilization over the last ' || days || ' days.'
end as reason
, location, project
from
gcp_compute_instance as i
left join compute_instance_utilization as u on u.name = i.name;

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