Getting Started

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Getting Started

This path starts one required Cost Explorer target with the AWS default credential chain.

Prerequisites

• Go 1.24 or a published binary/container.
• Credentials for account 444455556666 available through the AWS default chain.
• ce:GetCostAndUsage and ce:GetCostForecast permissions.
• Network access to AWS APIs.

Copy configs/aws-cost-exporter.example.yaml and replace the placeholder account ID. Keep optional collectors disabled for the first run.

aws:
  region: us-east-1
  credentials:
    sources:
      runtime:
        type: default_chain

targets:
  - name: payer-prod
    account_id: "444455556666"
    required: true
    credentials:
      source: runtime
    cost_explorer:
      enabled: true
      filters:
        linked_account_ids: []
        services: []
        regions: []

Validate before starting:

./aws-cost-exporter --config config.yaml --check-config
./aws-cost-exporter --config config.yaml

Check the endpoints:

curl http://localhost:8080/healthz
curl http://localhost:8080/ready
curl http://localhost:8080/metrics
curl http://localhost:8080/version

/ready can return 503 until every enabled Cost Explorer collector on the required target has completed its first successful refresh. Inspect aws_cost_exporter_collector_up and logs by target and collector before changing IAM or retry settings.

Next, add Profiles or AssumeRole targets, filters, and optional collectors one at a time. Re-run --check-config after every change.