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This section includes information about an optional feature for collecting unique metrics for this solution and a list of Amazon staff who contributed to this solution.

Anonymized data collection

This solution includes an option to send anonymized operational metrics to AWS. We use this data to better understand how customers use this solution and related services and products. When activated, the following information is collected and sent to AWS:

  • Lease Approved

    • maxBudget

    • duration

    • autoApproved

  • Account Cleanup

    • count accounts cleaned (metric filter on success from step function)

    • duration of each account cleanup failure

    • duration of each account cleanup success

  • LeaseTerminated

    • maxBudget

    • actualSpend

    • maxDuration

    • actualDuration

    • reasonForTermination

  • SpendMonitoring (1 month heartbeat — 4th of every month)

    • sandboxAccountsCost

    • solutionOperatingCost

  • Deployment Summary (daily heartbeat)

    • total number of lease templates

    • availableAccounts

    • activeAccounts

    • frozenAccounts

    • cleanupAccounts

    • quarantinedAccounts

AWS owns the data gathered through this survey. Data collection is subject to the Privacy Notice.

To opt out of this feature, complete the following steps before launching the AWS CloudFormation template.

  1. Download the stack templates to your local hard drive, and open each template with a text editor.

  2. Modify the AWS CloudFormation template mapping section from:

Mappings:
  Mapping:
    context:
      ...
      sendAnonymizedUsageMetrics: 'true'
      ...

to:

Mappings:
  Mapping:
    context:
      ...
      sendAnonymizedUsageMetrics: 'false'
      ...

  1. Sign in to the AWS CloudFormation console.

  2. Select Create stack.

  3. On the Create stack page, under Specify template section, select Upload a template file.

  4. Under Upload a template file, choose Choose file and select the edited template from your local drive.

  5. Choose Next and follow the steps in Launch the stack.

Contributors

  • Wayne Soutter

  • Chris Ellis

  • Rakshana Balakrishnan

  • Nils de Vries

  • Emma Arrigo

  • Claudia Woods

  • Joan Morgan

  • Todd Gruet

  • Shu Jackson

  • Celia Ng

  • Rainer Moeller

  • Lalit Grover

  • Kevin Hargita

  • Caleb Pearson

  • Abe Wubshet

  • Adrian Tadros

  • Sanjay Reddy Kandi

  • Vincent Rioux

  • Swapnil Ogale

  • Elie Elmalem