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Cloudaware Tag Analyzer allows to review the tagging coverage across all clouds and tag resources directly from Cloudaware account.

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To tag AWS resources from Cloudaware, download Cloudaware Tagging policy: Admin → AWS Accounts → ADD AMAZON ACCOUNT → Using Access & Secret Keys → select Tagging in 'Please use one of those'. Review and apply the policy.

Azure

To tag Azure resources from Cloudaware, create a custom role in your Azure portal using CLI or Rest API*. The role should include a 'modify' permission granted for all resource types (e.g. Azure Virtual Machine) you would like to be able to tag in Cloudaware. Assign the role to Cloudaware.

*To be able to create custom roles in Azure portal UI, your organization needs Azure AD Premium P1 or P2.

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To tag GCP resources from Cloudaware, ensure that the permissions for labels are in place on a custom role created for and assigned to Cloudaware.

Billing Tags: Google Cloud Platform does not provide the cost data split by instance out of the box. In order for Cloudaware to display the cost on an instance level, every GCE instance in your environment needs to have a tag (e.g. instance-name: actual-name-of-this-instance) applied.

Tag Analyzer

1. Log in to your Cloudaware account → Tag Analyzer

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3. Review the column 'Not Tagged Objects'. Click the number of objects to drill down into Objects Explorer.

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4. Select resources AWS EC2 instances a tag to be applied to, and click proceed by clicking TAG AWS EC2 INSTANCES.

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5. Review the existing tags. Click + ADD TAG to apply a new tag.

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New tags and their values will immediately appear in your AWS Console.

Bulk tagging: Cloudaware supports adding up to 44 tags on AWS, 49 tags on Azure, and 64 tags on Google resources.

CaTags Creation

СaTags are Cloudaware-specific fields used for parsing row tag data that is received from cloud providers. CaTags for AWS, Azure, Google and vCenter related objects can be created in Cloudaware Tag Analyzer.

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  • the tab 'TAGS' on a resource →  + ADD TAG

Tags With Blank Values

In cases when tags with bank values are applied in AWS Console, Cloudaware Tag Analyzer may detect them as Tagged Objects showing empty values. Create two list views to observe the difference.

Cloudaware Navigator →  AWS EC2 Instances → Custom Views (on the left) → + (Create New View) → Query Mode → copy the queries below → Save View

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Query sample for No Tag 

Replace TAGNAME with your Tag Name:

Code Block
`Deleted From AWS` equals null and `Tags JSON`[$["TAGNAME"]] equals null -> 
`Instance Name or ID`, `Account`.`Account Name` as "Account", `Application Tier`.`Application`.`Name` as "Application", `Tags JSON`[$["TAGNAME"]] as "Tag: 'TAGNAME'", `Tags`

Query sample for Tag <Name> is empty 

Replace TAGNAME with your Tag Name:

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