General Tagging Strategy

Purpose of tagging

Tagging has multiple purposes.

Filtering

We use tags to filter resources: - to explore or search resources. - to select resources for dashboarding, alerting. - to parameter monitoring systems (retention, log level).

Reporting

We use tags to report costs, usage on organisational or technical dimensions.

Permission

We use tags to help allowing access or operational rights to resources.

Automation

We use tags to automate generic actions such as:

• powering on or off servers.
• destroying resources.
• performing backups, updates.

General Tagging Strategy

The following tags apply:

Tag Name	Requisiteness	Format	Sample values	Remarks	Cost Allocation tag	Applicable on	Purpose
owner	mandatory	string	Wescale	The actual owner of the account		all resources	reporting, filtering
account	mandatory	string	{group}-{env}	see reference in AWS Naming convention	Yes	all resources	reporting, filtering, permission
createdBy	mandatory	string	{user-id}			all resources	reporting, filtering
taggingVersion	mandatory	string	1.0.0			all resources	reporting, filtering

Reference to AWS Naming convention:

doc:Naming convention