PRTG Manual: AWS Cost Sensor

Permissions for the AWS API key

This sensor requires sufficient rights to query data from the AWS API The AWS API key requires the following permissions:

▪"ce:GetCostAndUsage"

▪"ce:GetCostForecast"

▪"ce:GetDimensionValues"

▪"ce:GetCostAndUsageWithResources"

▪"ce:GetUsageForecast"

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?

Sensor Name

Enter a name to identify the sensor. By default, PRTG shows this name in the device tree, as well as in alarms, logs, notifications, reports, maps, libraries, and tickets.

If the name contains angle brackets (<>), PRTG replaces them with braces ({}) for security reasons. For more information, see the Knowledge Base: What security features does PRTG include?

Parent Tags

Shows tags that the sensor inherits from its parent device, parent group, and parent probe.

This setting is for your information only. You cannot change it.

Tags

Enter one or more tags. Confirm each tag with the Spacebar key, a comma, or the Enter key. You can use tags to group objects and use tag-filtered views later on. Tags are not case-sensitive. Tags are automatically inherited.

It is not possible to enter tags with a leading plus (+) or minus (-) sign, nor tags with parentheses (()) or angle brackets (<>).

For performance reasons, it can take some minutes until you can filter for new tags that you added.

The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:

▪aws

▪cost

▪awscost

Priority

Select a priority for the sensor. This setting determines the position of the sensor in lists. The highest priority is at the top of a list. Choose from the lowest priority () to the highest priority ().

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.

Select Additional Cost Types

This setting is only visible if you select Enable for Additional Cost Types above. Select additional cost types:

▪Amortized cost

▪Net amortized cost

▪Unblended cost

▪Net unblended cost

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.

Select Additional Forecast Types

This setting is only visible if you select Enable for Additional Cost Types above. Select additional forecast types:

▪Blended cost (default)

▪Amortized cost

▪Net amortized cost

▪Unblended cost

▪Net unblended cost

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.

Primary Channel

Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, the last value of the primary channel is always displayed 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 different channels are shown for this sensor:

▪Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel.

▪Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic.
You cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).

Stack Unit

This setting is only visible if you enable Stack channels on top of each other as Graph Type. Select a unit from the list. All channels with this unit are stacked 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.

Result Handling

Define what PRTG does with the sensor result:

▪Discard result: Do not store the sensor result.

▪Store result: Store the last sensor result in the \Logs\sensors subfolder of the PRTG data directory on the probe system. The file name is Result of Sensor [ID].log. This setting is for debugging purposes. PRTG overwrites this file with each scanning interval.

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.

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