UI for AWS development VM resources

[mackle_hair]

does anyone know of an alternative UI for the aws console?

as we scale up developers on our team, we want to keep track of who owns what, and standardize our teams on specific console deployment options.

is there an easy to use UI that can keep track of a couple dozen VM's, keep track of which user is using a VM, help me analyze how many people own what and just keep AWS organized?

obviously - the AWS console isn't that : )

[StratusBen]

I think these guys are early but if you sign up for early access they're letting people in: http://vantage.sh/

[antoncohen]

Asgard from Netflix[1] basically did what you are asking for. But it has been deprecated[2] and replaced with Spinnaker[3], which has a bit of a different focus.

But really, with couple dozen VMs, you don't have a cloud management problem. I would take a step back and figure out what the problem is, and where you want to be. Why are people creating VMs? What are the problems with them creating VMs? How do you mitigate those problems? If it is just tracking, then tags + education can help solve the issue. If it is security and standardization, an opinionated deployment system could help.

With a couple dozen VMs, I'd say you probably shouldn't be running any VMs you manage yourself, and you should be using fully manage solutions. Then focus on the tooling that makes those solutions efficient to use for your users, while meeting your security needs.

[1] https://netflixtechblog.com/asgard-web-based-cloud-managemen...

[2] https://github.com/Netflix/asgard

[3] https://spinnaker.io/

[paulbishop]

oh come on you guyes never heard of Bitnami?

[mackle_hair]

interesting, havent heard of it but i'm asking for something a bit lighter weight... this bitnami thing looks kind of intense...

conceptually, close but more for self-serve of development vms. bitnami looks like it does a lot more?