AWS Cost and Usage Insights Mod

Tailpipe is an open-source CLI tool that allows you to collect logs and query them with SQL.

AWS provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to authenticated customers on a metered pay-as-you-go basis.

The AWS Cost and Usage Insights Mod contains pre-built dashboards which can be used to monitor and analyze costs across your AWS accounts using Cost and Usage Reports.

Documentation

• Dashboards →

Getting Started

Install Powerpipe from the downloads page:

# MacOS
brew install turbot/tap/powerpipe

# Linux or Windows (WSL)
sudo /bin/sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://powerpipe.io/install/powerpipe.sh)"

This mod requires AWS Cost and Usage Reports to be collected using Tailpipe with the AWS plugin:

• Get started with the AWS plugin for Tailpipe →

Install the mod:

mkdir dashboards
cd dashboards
powerpipe mod install github.com/turbot/tailpipe-mod-aws-cost-and-usage-insights

Browsing Dashboards

Start the dashboard server:

powerpipe server

Browse and view your dashboards at http://localhost:9033.