The Cloud Control API was released by AWS in September 2021 and wants to address the issue that resource enumeration tools and infrastructure-as-code tools struggle with. Many AWS resources don't cause any charges and thus won’t show up in Billing.
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This article shows the many possible (but still incomplete) answers to this simple question. It also introduces a new tool that uses the AWS Cloud Control API to list resources.Why it’s not that simpleThe different methods and their coverageMethod 1: Using the AWS Tag Editor serviceMethod 2: Using AWS ConfigMethod 3: Using aws-nukeMethod 4: Using CloudQueryMethod 5: Using the AWS Cloud Control APIMethod 6: Using AWS Cost ExplorerMethod 7: Using AWS CloudWatch MetricsSummary1 Comment
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