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To address the ever-dynamic cloud infrastructure where resources are being created and deleted continuously, FinOps for Cloud contains a set of tools to help limit the related expenses and the lifetime of individual assets.

This is implemented in the form of constraints that you can set for a specific resource or generally for a pool. You can set two types of constraints:

  • TTL - Represents time to live. A resource must not live for more than the specified period.

    • For a resource, specify a date and time.

    • For a pool, input an integer between 1 and 720 hours.

  • Daily expenses limit - The resource spending must not exceed the specified amount in dollars. Input as an integer, min $ 1, 0 - unlimited.

When FinOps discovers active resources in the connected source, it checks that they don't violate any existing pool constraints that were applied as policies before.

When a resource hits a constraint, both the Manager and Owner of the resource are alerted through email. If a resource is unassigned, alerts are sent to the organization managers. An exclamation mark also appears next to the pool name on the Pools page.

FinOps for Cloud sends notifications about violated constraints and doesn't interact with the connected source itself to perform any constraint-related adjustments.

Assigning resource constraints

To assign resource constraints:

  1. On the Resources page, select the required resource.

  2. On the resource details page, select the Constraints tab.

If a resource doesn't have a specific constraint set, it inherits the policies from its Pool. However, the resource owner or manager can override an existing Pool constraint policy for an individual resource by issuing a custom constraint for any given asset.

Use the slider to enable the required setting. Then, select edit to enter the value. When done, select to save your changes.

Constraints tab
Available constraint type