Step On It! Rapid Event-Based AWS Cost Control With Step Functions (2025-06-05: AWS User Group Leeds)
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STEP ON IT! Rapid Event-Based AWS Cost Control With Step Functions Damien Jones (he/him) AWS Consultant @ Steamhaus 2025-06-05 AWS User Group Leeds
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MY AWS ACCOUNT
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MY BILL
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LOL ROFL LMAO ETC
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NOPE
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AGENDA WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? WHAT DID I DO? HOW DID I BUILD IT?
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BUT FIRST Hi.
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AWS Consultant Content Creator Dog Dad Steam h au s UK amaz o n web s h a r k .c o m to this noodle AWS Certified x4
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AWS User Group Leader AWS Community Builder Lanca s h ir e UK D ata Categ or y
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WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?
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AWS GLUE
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COSTS: 2024 JUNE
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COSTS: 2024 H1
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COSTS: 2024 JUNE
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COST & USAGE: API OPERATION
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COST & USAGE: API OPERATION - TAX
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COST: API OPERATION – GLUE JOB RUN
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COST: API OPERATION – GLUE INTERACTIVE SESSION
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COST & USAGE: API OPERATIONS
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COST & USAGE: API OPERATIONS
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WHAT’S AN INTERACTIVE SESSION?
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COST DRIVER #1: OPEN SESSIONS
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COST DRIVER: ACTIVE SESSION
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COST DRIVER: ACTIVE SESSION
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COST DRIVER #2: MULTIPLE SESSIONS
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COST DRIVER: MULTIPLE SESSIONS ONE TAB ONE SESSION ONE BILLABLE RESOURCE
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COST DRIVER: MULTIPLE SESSIONS MANY TABS MANY SESSIONS MANY BILLABLE RESOURCES!
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THE CAUSE
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WHAT DID I DO?
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OPTION ONE: PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT Change the timeout value manually.
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OPTION TWO: DENY PERMISSIONS Stop anyone from starting a session.
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PERMISSION BLOCKING
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LOCAL SESSIONS
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LOCAL SESSIONS
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OPTION THREE: EVENT-BASED AUTOMATION Automate all the things.
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EVENT-BASED AUTOMATION SOURCE BUS TARGET
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EVENT-BASED AUTOMATION AWS GLUE AMAZON EVENTBRIDGE AWS STEP FUNCTIONS
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EVENT-BASED AUTOMATION BENEFITS FAST RESILIENT SCALABILITY
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HOW DID I CREATE IT?
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ARCHITECTURE DIAGRAM
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ARCHITECTURE DIAGRAM
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ARCHITECTURE DIAGRAM
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ARCHITECTURE DIAGRAM 1-3
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GLUE CREATESESSION EVENT
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GLUE CREATESESSION EVENT
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ARCHITECTURE DIAGRAM
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ARCHITECTURE DIAGRAM 3-5
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EVENTBRIDGE RULE – EVENT PATTERN
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EVENTBRIDGE RULE – EVENT TARGET
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OPTION 1: JSONATA
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JSONATA QUERY JSON TRANSFORM JSON
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JSONATA SYNTAX
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JSONATA SYNTAX { “FIRSTNAME”: “DAMIEN”, “SURNAME” : “JONES” }
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JSONATA SYNTAX { “FIRSTNAME”: “DAMIEN”, “SURNAME” : “JONES” } { “FULLNAME”: “DAMIEN JONES” }
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JSONATA MAPPING
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JSONATA MAPPING
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EVENT-DRIVEN SYSTEMS
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EVENT-DRIVEN SYSTEMS
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BUT
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OPTION 2: INPUT TRANSFORMER
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EVENTBRIDGE RULE – INPUT TRANSFORMER
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EVENTBRIDGE RULE – INPUT TRANSFORMER
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ARCHITECTURE DIAGRAM
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ARCHITECTURE DIAGRAM STEP F
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WAIT
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STOP
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STOP
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STOP
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SNS
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STEP FUNCTIONS STUDIO
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DEMO: GLUE
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DEMO: GLUE
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DEMO: STEP FUNCTION
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OUTCOMES
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GLUE INTERACTIVE SESSIONS 2024 H2
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ARCHITECTURE COSTS 2024 H2
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LIMITATIONS REACTIVE SOLUTION STILL SOME GLUE COST POTENTIAL WORKFLOW COST
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OTHER USES: STOP OTHER SERVICES AMAZON SAGEMAKER AMAZON EMR AMAZON EC2
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OTHER USES: PERFORM OTHER ACTIONS EMAIL & SLACK NOTIFICATIONS BESPOKE LOGGING TRIGGER SEPARATE WORKFLOW
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SUMMARY
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AGENDA FIND THE CAUSE CONSIDER YOUR OPTIONS BUILD A SOLUTION
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THANK YOU Me & Session Resources AWS User Group Lancashire