Resource tagging for cost tracking in AWS - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to add a tag key for cost tracking in AWS CloudFormation.

AWS

Resources:
  MyBucket:
    Type: AWS::S3::Bucket
    Properties:
      Tags:
        - Key: [1]
          Value: "ProjectX"

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AEnvironment

BOwner

CCostCenter

DName

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using generic tag keys like 'Name' or 'Owner' which do not directly relate to cost tracking.

The CostCenter tag key is commonly used for cost tracking in AWS resources.

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medium

Complete the AWS CLI command to tag an EC2 instance for cost tracking.

AWS

aws ec2 create-tags --resources i-1234567890abcdef0 --tags Key=[1],Value=Marketing

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ACostCenter

BProject

CDepartment

DOwner

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Common Mistakes

Using 'Owner' or 'Project' which are not standard for cost tracking.

The CostCenter tag key is used here to assign the cost tracking tag to the EC2 instance.

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hard

Fix the error in the Terraform resource tagging block for cost tracking.

AWS

resource "aws_s3_bucket" "my_bucket" {
  bucket = "my-bucket"
  tags = {
    [1] = "Finance"
  }
}

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ACostCenter

Bcostcenter

CcostCenter

Dcost_center

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Common Mistakes

Using lowercase or snake_case which AWS does not recognize for standard tags.

Tag keys are case-sensitive. CostCenter with capital C's is the correct standard tag key.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a CloudFormation resource with tags for cost tracking and environment.

AWS

Resources:
  MyInstance:
    Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
    Properties:
      Tags:
        - Key: [1]
          Value: "12345"
        - Key: [2]
          Value: "Production"

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ACostCenter

BEnvironment

COwner

DProject

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using non-standard tag keys that do not help with cost tracking or environment identification.

The tags CostCenter and Environment are used to track costs and deployment stage respectively.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to define a Terraform AWS resource with tags for cost tracking, owner, and environment.

AWS

resource "aws_instance" "web" {
  ami           = "ami-0c55b159cbfafe1f0"
  instance_type = "t2.micro"

  tags = {
    [1] = "7890"
    [2] = "Alice"
    [3] = "Staging"
  }
}

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ACostCenter

BOwner

CEnvironment

DProject

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Mixing up tag keys or using non-standard keys that do not help with cost tracking.

The tags CostCenter, Owner, and Environment help track billing, responsible person, and deployment stage.