Teardown

Overview

It is recommended to delete all the resources those are not in use anymore to save the cost.

Delete resources created by CloudFormation template

Console:

1. Log into the Cost Optimization Member Account created in AWS Account Setup.

2. Search for cloud formation in AWS console and select CloudFormation from Services.

3. Select Alpha-Team-Resources (or the Stack name you have chosen while deplying resources for team Alpha) and click on Delete.

4. Click on Delete stack.

5. Similarly select Beta-Team-Resources (or the Stack name you have chosen while deplying resources for team Beta) and click on Delete.

6. Click on Delete stack.

   Note - This will delete all the resources created as part CloudFormation template and will take up to 15 mins to complete.

Delete cost category

Console:

1. Log into Management Account created in AWS Account Setup.

2. Search for billing in AWS console and select Billing from Services or open the AWS Billing console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/billing/

3. In the navigation pane, choose Cost categories.

4. Choose cost by department and click on Delete to delete the category.

5. Similarly choose cost by team and click on Delete.

Deactivate user defined tags

Console:

1. In the navigation pane, choose Cost allocation tags.

2. Under User-defined cost allocation tags select CostCentre, Department, ProjectName and TeamName as Tag key values to de-activate the tags. Click Deactivate.

Delete cost reports

Console:

1. Search for cost explorer in AWS console, choose AWS Cost Explorer.

2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Reports.

3. Select three cost reports under Reports section by the names cost report by teams, cost report by department and cost report by team alpha. Click on Delete to delete the reports.

Now that you have completed the lab, if you have implemented this knowledge in your environment, you should re-evaluate the questions in the Well-Architected tool. This lab specifically helps you with COST03-BP03 - “Establish organization metrics” COST03-BP04 - “Configure billing and cost management tools” COST03-BP05 - “Add organization information to cost and usage” COST03-BP06 - “Allocate costs based on workload metrics”