grafana-aws-cost-explorer-backend

Grafana Backend for AWS Cost Explorer using AWS Cost Explorer Library

Features:

Cost Explorer API Query Cache to reduce costs
YTD (Year to Date costs)
MTD (Month to Date costs)
Last Month costs
Today Costs

Backend Configuration

Config File

Details for AWS configuration here

Git clone https://github.com/dnavarrom/grafana-aws-cost-explorer-backend

cd grafana-aws-cost-explorer-backend

nano ./config/default.js

# Edit the following AWS variables

accessKeyId: <Your AWS Key>
secretAccessKey: <Your AWS Secret Key>

# Edit backend Security Settings

enabled : "false" <default false (disabled)>
secret : "thepassword"

# Optional cache settings

ttl : seconds to refresh cache (call aws api)
checkperiod : the same
deleteOnExpire : to delete cache when refresh

#run server

node index.js

Test locally

curl localhost:8090
It works!!

Grafana Datasource Configuration

Install Simple Json Datasource Plugin
Configure New Datasource using Server Access (if you want to use browser based access, change AUTH.enabled = false in the backend config file)

Grafana Dashboard Configuration

Sample Dashboard can be downloaded here

Last Month Costs Widget uses Last Month Aggregated Query - Table Type
Month to Date uses Month to date Aggregated Query - Table type
Year to date uses Timeseries

Todo:

Enable Tag Filtering (¿using variables?)
Implement annotations
Create docker image
Create AWS Cloud Formation script