Tagging
Explore how AWS tagging works as a key tool for cost management by organizing resources with user-defined and AWS-generated tags. Understand strategies for applying consistent tags for departments, environments, and security levels. Learn how tags support automation and cost allocation methods like chargebacks and showbacks, helping you maintain clear visibility and control over cloud expenses.
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What are tags?
Tags might be the single most useful tool on the AWS platform. Simply put, tags are key-value pairs. The only thing AWS says not to do with tags is store sensitive information in them, because they aren't encrypted. Two main types of tags exist: AWS-generated tags and user-defined tags.
AWS-generated tags are automatically created and maintained by AWS services and will contain ...