Trusted Advisor
As the number of resources grows in your AWS account, it can sometimes be challenging to keep track of them all. Challenges start to arise, such as volumes that are sitting around not being used and Elastic IPs (EIPs) that are sitting there, not connected to any instance or interface, which is burning through your current budget. Once you enter the dashboard of Trusted Advisor, you will be presented with the four categories that the tool generates for automated checks:
Figure 2.14 – Trusted Advisor dashboard
When it comes to Fault Tolerance checks, it can tell you if you have too many instances in a single Availability Zone or region.
The number of Trusted Advisor checks available increases with the support level associated with the account. With an account that has a basic or developer support level, a basic set of checks are displayed. Once the support level is raised to business or enterprise, then the account has access to all...
