Policy: AWS > Well-Architected Tool > AWS Well-Architected Framework > Cost Optimization > COST 08. How do you plan for data transfer charges? > Implement services to reduce data transfer costs

Implement services to reduce data transfer - for example, using a CDN such as Amazon CloudFront to deliver content to end users, caching layers using Amazon ElastiCache, or using AWS Direct Connect instead of VPN for connectivity to AWS.

See Implement services to reduce data transfer costs 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 08. How do you plan for data transfer charges?

Controls

Setting this policy configures this control:

AWS > Well-Architected Tool > AWS Well-Architected Framework > Cost Optimization > COST 08. How do you plan for data transfer charges?

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/cost08ImplementServices

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/cost08ImplementServices") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/cost08ImplementServices'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/cost08ImplementServices'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/cost08ImplementServices"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-wellarchitected-framework#/policy/types/cost08ImplementServices"