There are a few options to add the custom tags for AWS EC2 instances created by BigAnimal:
- Add the tags using AWS Tag Editor;
- Add the tags using AWS EventBridge service and Lambda function(see the article).
The article focuses on option 1 - how to add the custom tags manually using Tag Editor.
Steps
1. Go to AWS Tag Editor, select the resource type as EC2 instance and filter the BigAnimal resources by the tag:
- ManagedBy:BigAnimal
Click 'Search resources'.
2. Check the resources and click 'Manage tags of selected resources':
3. Scroll down to the bottom then add the custom tag, then click 'Review and apply tag changes':
4. Review and apply the changes:
The custom tags are added to the AWS EC2 instances created by BigAnimal.
The AWS resources created by BigAnimal
The similar way can be used on other resources created by BigAnimal:
- AWS::EC2::VPC
- AWS::EC2::Subnet
- AWS::EC2::EIP
- AWS::EC2::NatGateway
- AWS::EC2::InternetGateway
- AWS::EC2::RouteTable
- AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup
- AWS::EC2::Volume
- AWS::EKS::Cluster
- AWS::ECS::Cluster
- AWS::S3::Bucket
- AWS::DynamoDB::Table