Business Compass LLC - EC2, Lightsail & RDS API Management

Eliminate the need to grant AWS Console access for routine instance operations. Business Compass LLC delivers a professional services engagement that provisions secure, API-driven start, stop, and restart capabilities for your EC2 Servers, Lightsail instances, and RDS Databases - enabling programmatic control from external systems, CI/CD pipelines, or custom automation tools.

Business Compass LLC is an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner and AWS Well-Architected Framework Partner with 50+ AWS certifications across Solution Architect Professional, Developer Professional, Network Specialty, ML Specialty, and more. We hold AWS Service Delivery competencies in Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, AWS Glue, AWS QuickSight, and AWS Transfer Family. Our team serves clients in Financial Services, Healthcare, Media, Power, and Public Sector industries.

Security and Compliance: HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST 800, and SOC2 compliant.

This service leverages AWS-native services including API Gateway, Lambda, and EventBridge to create a secure API layer that controls your infrastructure without exposing the AWS Console. The architecture follows AWS Well-Architected principles with least-privilege IAM roles, encrypted communications, and audit logging.

A development team needs to shut down non-production EC2 and RDS instances outside business hours to reduce compute spend. Rather than granting console credentials to operations staff or relying on manual processes, Business Compass LLC provisions an API endpoint that can be called from scheduling tools, Slack bots, or CI/CD pipelines. The API triggers Lambda functions that safely stop instances at end-of-day and restart them each morning - reducing non-production compute costs while maintaining security controls.

Phase 1 - Discovery and Scoping: We conduct a discovery call to understand your environment, identify target resources, and define access requirements.

Phase 2 - Architecture and Implementation: Our team deploys the API layer using API Gateway, Lambda, and IAM roles configured with least-privilege permissions in your AWS account.

Phase 3 - Testing and Handoff: We validate all endpoints, provide API documentation, and train your team on usage and monitoring.

• Fully configured API endpoints for start, stop, and restart operations
• IAM roles and policies following least-privilege principles
• API documentation with authentication details and example requests
• Integration guidance for your automation tools or CI/CD pipelines
• Knowledge transfer session for your operations team

• Active AWS account with permissions to create IAM roles, Lambda functions, and API Gateway resources
• Target EC2, Lightsail, or RDS resources must be tagged for identification
• Service covers instance lifecycle operations only (start, stop, restart) - does not include monitoring, patching, or ongoing managed services
• Supported in all standard AWS commercial regions

• API authentication via IAM-based authorization or API keys with rotation policies
• All communications encrypted in transit via TLS
• CloudTrail audit logging for all API invocations
• Least-privilege IAM roles scoped to specific resource actions

Schedule a free consultation to discuss your requirements and receive a scoping proposal. Visit https://businesscompassllc.com/schedule-appointment  or contact us directly to begin.