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Guidance for Automated Management of AWS Capacity Blocks

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Overview

This Guidance demonstrates how to automate the management of AWS Capacity Block reservations to address the challenge of manual extension processes through a serverless API implementation. Platform administrators can submit API requests to create scheduled extensions with customizable parameters, including check frequency and duration. The system uses EventBridge to trigger regular status checks of reservations stored in DynamoDB, with optional approval workflows that notify administrators before extending capacity blocks. You can reduce operational overhead while maintaining control through customizable extension logic and secure API-key-based access to your capacity resources

Benefits

    Implement scheduled capacity management with configurable approval processes. Transform manual reservation management into an automated, event-driven system that responds to your business needs.

    Deploy intelligent capacity management using pay-per-use serverless architecture. Eliminate idle resources while ensuring compute availability matches workload demands.

    Enable secure, role-based access with automated notifications and approvals. Maintain compliance while streamlining capacity management across your organization.

How it works

These technical details feature an architecture diagram to illustrate how to effectively use this solution. The architecture diagram shows the key components and their interactions, providing an overview of the architecture's structure and functionality step-by-step.

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Deploy with confidence

Ready to deploy? Review the sample code on GitHub for detailed deployment instructions to deploy as-is or customize to fit your needs. 

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Disclaimer

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References to third-party services or organizations in this Guidance do not imply an endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation between Amazon or AWS and the third party. Guidance from AWS is a technical starting point, and you can customize your integration with third-party services when you deploy the architecture.

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