AWS Reserved Instances

Whats a flexible Reserved Instance?

North offers managed three-year flexible Reserved Instances without the long term commitment.

Our service applies three-year Reserved Instance credits to your AWS account for the following products administered and managed through our consolidated billing and discounting sharing program.

RDS

About RDS RIs: https://aws.amazon.com/rds/reserved-instances/

ElastiCache

About ElastiCache RIs: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/reserved-cache-nodes/

North ElastiCache Policy

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "Statement1",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "elasticache:DescribeReservedCacheNodes",
                "elasticache:DescribeReservedCacheNodesOfferings"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Describe reserved cache nodes: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeReservedCacheNodes.html

Describe reserved cache nodes offerings: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeReservedCacheNodesOfferings.html

OpenSearch

About OpenSearch RIs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/ri.html

North OpenSearch Policy

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "Statement1",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "es:DescribeReservedInstances",
                "es:DescribeReservedInstanceOfferings",
                "es:DescribeReservedElasticsearchInstances",
                "es:DescribeReservedElasticsearchInstanceOfferings"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}

Describe reserved instance offerings: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/opensearch/describe-reserved-instance-offerings.html

Describe reserved instances: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/opensearch/describe-reserved-instances.html

Describe Elasticsearch reserved instances: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/es/describe-reserved-elasticsearch-instances.html

Describe reserved Elasticseacrch instance offerings: https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/services/es/paginator/DescribeReservedElasticsearchInstanceOfferings.html

DynamoDB

About DynamoDB reserved capacity: https://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/reserved-capacity/

Describe reserved capacity: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/iam-policy-prevent-purchase-reserved-capacity.html

Describe reserved capacity: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/iam-policy-prevent-purchase-reserved-capacity.html

North DynamoDB Policy

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "Statement1",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "dynamodb:DescribeReservedCapacityOfferings",
                "dynamodb:DescribeReservedCapacity"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}

Redshift

About Redshift reserved nodes: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/purchase-reserved-node-instance.html

North Redshift IAM Policy

{
	"Version": "2012-10-17",
	"Statement": [
		{
			"Sid": "Statement1",
			"Effect": "Allow",
			"Action": [
				"redshift:DescribeReservedNodeExchangeStatus",
				"redshift:DescribeReservedNodeOfferings",
				"redshift:DescribeReservedNodes",
				"redshift:DescribeResize",
				"redshift:DescribeStorage"
			],
			"Resource": []
		}
	]
}

DescribeReservedNodeExchangeStatus

Grants permission to describe exchange status details and associated metadata for a reserved-node exchange. Statuses include such values as in progress and requested.

DescribeReservedNodeOfferings

Grants permission to describe available reserved node offerings by Amazon Redshift.

DescribeReservedNodes

Grants permission to describe the reserved nodes.

DescribeResize

Grants permission to describe the last resize operation for a cluster.

DescribeStorage

Grants permission to describe account level backups storage size and provisional storage.

Exact pricing estimated can be veiwed in the AWS calculator: https://calculator.aws/#/