CloudZero CostFormation Toolkit

CloudZero CostFormation transforms the way you think about Cloud Costs. You declare Business Relevant Dimensions based on your cost data, even in the absence of good tagging. This CloudZero CostFormation Toolkit enables you to quickly author and publish your CostFormation.

Walkthrough

Features

The CloudZero CostFormation Toolkit provides:

• Full Structural and Semantic Linting of CloudZero CostFormation YAML Syntax
• Snippets for quickly inserting constructs from the CloudZero CostFormation language
• Inline Source Completion: IntelliSense populates with real Dimension source values like K8s Labels and AWS Tags
• Full CloudZero CostFormation Validation: Server validation of all CloudZero CostFormation language constructs and source usage
• Publish CloudZero CostFormation: Publish CloudZero CostFormation definition version for use in rest of CloudZero platform
• Detect and resolve conflicts: Confirms that published CostFormation is based on the latest server version and drops into merge editor if it detects drift

Getting Started

From the Command Palette:

1. CloudZero: Authenticate with the CloudZero Platform
   • opens browser window for standard authentication flow
2. CloudZero: Download Latest CostFormation
   • downloads the latest version
   • saves to .cz.yaml file extension to trigger validation
3. Edit file with snippet and validation support
4. Save file triggers full semantic validation, including Source and Streams validation
5. CloudZero: Publish CostFormation
   • publishes CostFormation
   • detects any drift and drop into diff editor if necessary
6. CloudZero: Restore CostFormation from an Older Version
   • restores older version of CostFormation to revert updates

Documentation:

• Using CloudZero CostFormation VSCode Extension: https://docs.cloudzero.com/docs/vscode-costformation-extension
• CloudZero CostFormation Reference: https://docs.cloudzero.com/docs/cost-format-definition-language