Managing cloud resources manually can be time-consuming, error-prone, and risky.
This project demonstrates a production-ready, event-driven approach to automate EC2 volume management using AWS EventBridge, Lambda, IAM, and CloudWatch.
The goal is to reduce manual effort, improve security, and optimize costs in a real cloud environment.
- Event-driven automation: EC2 volume events are captured automatically using EventBridge.
- Idle volume cleanup: Lambda functions automatically delete unused volumes to save costs.
- Security controls: Permission boundaries are applied to newly created IAM users to limit access.
- Scheduled snapshots: Critical volumes are backed up regularly without manual intervention.
- Centralized monitoring: CloudWatch captures logs and metrics from Lambda and EC2, providing visibility into events and actions.
- Represent production workloads
- Events such as CreateVolume and DeleteVolume are monitored
- Captures EC2 volume events
- Triggers Lambda functions for logging and automation
- Log Events: Captures EC2 volume events and stores them in CloudWatch
- Delete Volumes: Automatically removes idle volumes
- Permission boundaries applied to new IAM users for secure operations
- Centralized logs and metrics
- Custom workspaces for better monitoring and troubleshooting
- Automatic backup of critical volumes
- Ensures data protection without manual effort
- Time-saving: Eliminates repetitive manual tasks
- Cost-efficient: Automatically removes idle volumes
- Secure: IAM permission boundaries enforce least privilege
- Reliable: Event-driven automation ensures consistent operations
- Observable: CloudWatch monitoring provides full visibility
This project is a practical example of how automation, monitoring, and security controls can work together to manage cloud resources efficiently.
It demonstrates real-world DevOps practices for scaling cloud operations while reducing risks and costs.