Monitor a budget with EventBridge events
Deadline Cloud sends budget-related events, using Amazon EventBridge, to your default EventBridge event bus. You can create custom functions that receive the events and act on them to send notifications to automatically notify users via email, Slack, or other channels when a budget reaches predefined levels. For example, you can send SMS messages when a budget reaches a certain threshold. This helps you stay on top of your spending and make informed decisions before your budget is exhausted.
Deadline Cloud periodically aggregates usage and cost data for each render farm. Then it checks to see if any of the budget thresholds has been crossed. If a threshold is crossed, Deadline Cloud triggers an event to alert you so that you can take the appropriate action. An event is triggered whenever a budget crosses one of these thresholds, specified in percent of the budget used:
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10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100
The budget usage thresholds get closer together as a budget approaches 100 percent usage. This helps you closely monitor usage as the budget reaches its limit. You can also set your own budget thresholds. Deadline Cloud sends an event when usage passes your custom thresholds. After your budget reaches 100 percent, Deadline Cloud stops sending events. If you adjust your budget, Deadline Cloud sends events for your thresholds based on the new budget amount.
You can use the EventBridge console (https://console.aws.amazon.com/events/
For examples of an EventBridge rule, see the following topics:
For more information about budget events, see the Budget Threshold Reached event in the Deadline Cloud Developer Guide.
