Getting Started

Sign in to the AWS Management Console and click on [Compute Optimizer]. Click on “Get started.”

On the account setup page, review the default data settings and click “opt in.” Once you opt in, a service-linked role will be created automatically in your account.

After you opt in, Compute Optimizer starts to scan your AWS infrastructure and generates recommendations. It may take up to 24 hours for Compute Optimizer to deliver recommendations for all supported AWS resources.

Click on 'General' or 'Rightsizing' under Preferences on the left navigation bar to define and enable recommendation preferences, such as External Metrics Ingestion or Rightsizing recommendation preferences, based on your workloads' requirements.

Navigate to the Automation section in AWS Compute Optimizer and enable the automation feature for your account. Once you opt-in, AWS will automatically create the required service-linked role. If you are managing an organization from the management account, you can also opt in member accounts for which you want to create automation rules.

After opting in, review available actions on the "Recommended Actions" page. You can multi-select and apply these recommendations immediately, or create automation rules that apply them on a recurring schedule whenever they match your specified criteria.

Navigate to “Automation rules” and click "Create automation rule" to apply recommendations on a recurring schedule. Define your rule scope (account-level or organization-level), select the action types (e.g. snapshot and delete unattached EBS volumes), and specify criteria like Region and resource tags. You can preview matching actions based on your criteria before activating the rule to run on a recurring schedule.

On the “Automation events” page, you can monitor the status of each automation and roll back changes if necessary. Use the dashboard to monitor event status and summarize your automated optimizations over time.