PRTG Manual: AWS Cost Sensor
The AWS Cost sensor monitors the cost of an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account by reading its data from the AWS Cost Explorer API.
For a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.
- Dutch: AWS Kosten
- French: Coût AWS
- German: AWS Kosten
- Japanese: AWS Cost
- Portuguese: Custo da AWS
- Russian: Затраты AWS
- Simplified Chinese: AWS 成本
- Spanish: Costo AWS
Consider the following remarks and requirements for this sensor:
Remark |
Description |
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AWS Cost Explorer |
This sensor requires that you activate the AWS Cost Explorer in your AWS account. |
IAM User and Role Access to Billing Information |
This sensor requires that you enable IAM User and Role Access to Billing Information in your AWS account. |
Permissions for the AWS API key |
This sensor requires permissions for the AWS API key. The AWS API key requires the following permissions to query data from the AWS API:
For more information, see the Knowledge Base: How do I set permissions for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) API key to use certain sensors in PRTG? |
Credentials |
This sensor requires credentials for AWS. |
IPv6 |
This sensor supports IPv6. |
Performance impact |
This sensor has a low performance impact. |
Sensor creation |
After sensor creation, the first data is available after 24 hours. Forecast data is available after a few days. |
Scanning interval |
This sensor has a fixed minimum scanning interval for performance reasons. You cannot use a shorter scanning interval. Consequently, shorter scanning intervals in the Monitoring settings are not available for this sensor.
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Pricing |
Amazon charges you for each API call that this sensor sends to the Amazon servers. For more information, see AWS Cost Management Pricing | Amazon Simple Storage Service. |
Sensor creation |
You can only set up this sensor for one AWS account per PRTG installation. |
Knowledge Base |
Knowledge Base: What settings do I have to define in my AWS account to set up the AWS Cost sensor? Knowledge Base: How do I set permissions for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) API key to use certain sensors in PRTG? |
The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:
- aws
- awscost
- cost
For more information about basic sensor settings, see section Sensor Settings.
Setting |
Description |
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Additional Cost Types |
PRTG creates two default channels for blended monthly and yearly cost. If you select this option, you can select additional cost types for which PRTG creates additional channels.
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Select Additional Cost Types |
This setting is only visible if you select Enable above. Select additional cost types:
PRTG creates two overview channels (monthly and yearly) for every additional cost type that you select. |
Additional Forecast Types |
PRTG does not automatically create additional forecast channels. If you select this option, you can select additional forecast types to create additional forecast channels:
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Select Additional Forecast Types |
This setting is only visible if you select Enable above. Select additional forecast types:
PRTG creates two overview channels (monthly and yearly) for every additional forecast type that you select. Every forecast type that you select creates additional fees. Deselect a forecast type if you no longer want the according channels to create additional fees. You can still see the channels, but they do not receive data anymore. |
Setting |
Description |
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Primary Channel |
Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, PRTG displays the last value of the primary channel below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor. You can set a different primary channel later by clicking below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab. |
Graph Type |
Define how this sensor shows different channels:
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Stack Unit |
This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above. Select a unit from the list. PRTG stacks all channels with this unit on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so. |
Setting |
Description |
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Result Handling |
Define what PRTG does with the sensor result:
This option is not available when the sensor runs on the hosted probe of a PRTG Hosted Monitor instance. In a cluster, PRTG stores the result in the PRTG data directory of the master node. |
By default, all of these settings are inherited from objects that are higher in the hierarchy. We recommend that you change them centrally in the root group settings if necessary. To change a setting for this object only, click under the corresponding setting name to disable the inheritance and to display its options.
For more information, see section Inheritance of Settings.
Which channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.
Channel |
Description |
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Amortized Monthly |
The amortized cost per month |
Amortized Yearly |
The amortized cost per year |
Downtime |
In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status |
Forecast Amortized Monthly |
The forecast for amortized cost per month |
Forecast Amortized Yearly |
The forecast for amortized cost per year |
Forecast Monthly |
The forecast for cost per month |
Forecast Net Amortized Monthly |
The forecast for net amortized cost per month |
Forecast Net Amortized Yearly |
The forecast for net amortized cost per year |
Forecast Net Unblended Monthly |
The forecast for net unblended cost per month |
Forecast Net Unblended Yearly |
The forecast for net unblended cost per year |
Forecast Unblended Monthly |
The forecast for unblended cost per month |
Forecast Unblended Yearly |
The forecast for unblended cost per year |
Forecast Yearly |
The forecast for cost per year |
Monthly Cost |
The monthly cost This channel is the primary channel by default. |
Net Amortized Monthly |
The net amortized cost per month |
Net Amortized Yearly |
The net amortized cost per year |
Net Unblended Monthly |
The net unblended cost per month |
Net Unblended Yearly |
The net unblended cost per year |
Unblended Monthly |
The unblended cost per month |
Unblended Yearly |
The unblended cost per year |
Yearly Cost |
The cost per year |
KNOWLEDGE BASE
What settings do I have to define in my AWS account to set up the AWS Cost sensor?
How do I set permissions for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) API key to use certain sensors in PRTG?
What security features does PRTG include?