towardsthecloud / towardsthecloud/cloudburn
Add data transfer cost guardrail rules
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Description
What
First rules targeting data transfer spend: (1) VPCs running a NAT gateway without free S3/DynamoDB gateway endpoints (IaC + discovery); (2) NAT gateways with high data-processing charges (discovery).
Why
Data transfer is routinely a top-3 AWS bill line item and CloudBurn has no coverage today. Routing S3/DynamoDB traffic through NAT at $0.045/GB when gateway endpoints are free is one of the most common and most fixable AWS cost mistakes.
Details
- Rule 1: for each VPC with a NAT gateway, check for
com.amazonaws.<region>.s3/dynamodbgateway endpoints. Static evaluation over Terraform + CloudFormation resources and live evaluation both work; complementsCLDBRN-AWS-EC2-2(interface-vs-gateway endpoint) which assumes an endpoint already exists. - Rule 2: NAT gateway
BytesOutToDestination/processing volume above a threshold over the lookback window — complementsCLDBRN-AWS-EC2-11(idle NAT) at the opposite end of the usage curve, reusing the same CloudWatch dataset pattern. - Lives in the
ec2module alongside the existing NAT/endpoint rules. - Per repo policy, static coverage must be tested against both Terraform and CloudFormation inputs.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start in the ec2 module by reading the existing NAT and endpoint rules, especially CLDBRN-AWS-EC2-2 and CLDBRN-AWS-EC2-11, then review the CloudWatch dataset pattern. Done means both VPC endpoint and high-NAT-processing rules support the stated static or live evaluations, with static coverage tested against Terraform and CloudFormation inputs.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws, terraform, typescript
- Domain
- cloud, devops, infrastructure
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100