Policy: AWS > Well-Architected Tool > AWS Well-Architected Framework > Cost Optimization > COST 05. How do you evaluate cost when you select services? > Select software with cost effective licensing

Open source software will eliminate software licensing costs, which can contribute significant costs to workloads. Where licensed is required, avoid licenses bound to arbitrary attributes such as CPUs, look for licenses that bound to output or outcomes. The cost of these licenses scales more closely to the benefit provide.

See Select software with cost effective licensing for more information.

Targets

This policy targets the following resource types:

AWS > Well-Architected Tool > AWS Well-Architected Framework

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

AWS > Well-Architected Tool > AWS Well-Architected Framework > Cost Optimization > COST 05. How do you evaluate cost when you select services?

Controls

Setting this policy configures this control:

AWS > Well-Architected Tool > AWS Well-Architected Framework > Cost Optimization > COST 05. How do you evaluate cost when you select services?

Policy Specification

Schema Type	`string`
Default	`Skip`
Valid Values [YAML]	`Skip` `True` `False`

In Your Workspace

Policy Settings by Type report

Developers

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/turbot#/control/categories/other

Policy Type URI

tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/cost05Licensing

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/cost05Licensing") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/cost05Licensing'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/cost05Licensing'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/cost05Licensing"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/cost05Licensing"