Configuring Cloud Cost Management
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Summary of Configuring Cloud Insights
Configuring Cloud Insights enables ServiceNow customers to gain visibility into cloud consumption, reduce costs, and optimize cloud operations. The configuration process involves several key steps that facilitate the integration and functionality of Cloud Insights with your cloud platforms.
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Key Features
- Installation: Obtain the Cloud Insights application and, optionally, the Cloud Cost Management Infra Stack from the ServiceNow Store. Note that the Infra Stack is available from version 8.1 onwards and cannot be deactivated once activated.
- Role Assignment: Assign Cloud Insights roles to user groups and individual users according to their activities and responsibilities.
- MID Server Configuration: Set up MID Servers to enable Discovery for cloud platform communication.
- Data Access Configuration: Configure access to billing and usage data for AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud accounts.
- Resource Discovery: Discover service accounts and credentials to facilitate resource scanning.
- Job Management: Schedule jobs to download billing data and price sheets from cloud platforms.
- Feature Configuration: Configure features for rightsizing, identifying, and managing cloud resources.
Key Outcomes
By configuring Cloud Insights, customers can effectively monitor and manage their cloud resource usage, leading to better cost management and operational optimization. Users can leverage features like rightsizing and identifying unused resources to enhance efficiency and reduce spending.
Plan and configure Cloud Cost Management to gain visibility into your total cloud consumption, reduce costs, and optimize the operations of your cloud platforms.
Configuration overview
Here's an overview of the process for configuring Cloud Cost Management.
| Step | Action | Resource |
|---|---|---|
Install Cloud Cost Management |
Get the Cloud Cost Management application from the ServiceNow Store. | Install Cloud Cost Management |
Install Cloud Cost Management Infra Stack (Optional) |
Get the Cloud Cost Management Infra Stack application from the ServiceNow Store. Important: The Cloud Cost Management Infra stack application is available with Cloud Cost Management version 8.1 and later. Installing the Cloud Cost Management Infra Stack application is optional. However, if you've activated this application, you can't deactivate it later. |
Install Cloud Cost Management Infra Stack |
Assign roles |
Assign Cloud Cost Management roles to user groups and to individual users based on user activities and responsibilities. | Cloud Cost Management roles |
Configure MID Servers |
Configure the MID Servers for enabling Discovery to communicate with your cloud platforms. | |
Discover your cloud resources |
Discover the service accounts, the credentials for accessing the accounts, and the MID Servers that scan the resources. | Discovering your cloud resources for use |
Schedule and manage jobs to download billing data for Cloud Cost Management |
Provide the Cloud Cost Management application access to the billing and usage data of the used cloud platforms. | |
Schedule and manage jobs to download price sheets for Cloud Cost Management |
Enable Cloud Cost Management to download and store price sheet data of the used cloud platforms. | |
Configure the Cloud Cost Management features |
Configure the Cloud Cost Management features to rightsize, identify, assign, manage, and analyze usage data of your cloud resources. | |
Use Cloud Cost Management |
Gain visibility into your total cloud consumption, reduce costs, and optimize operations of your cloud platforms. | Using Cloud Cost Management |