AWS Resources and Naming Conventions

AWS Resources and Naming Conventions

Following is a list of AWS resources created by the Cloud APIC when it is installed, and the naming conventions used in the Cloud APIC. Use the information in this list to better understand these AWS resources and to avoid using similar names.

Item

Number of Items Used

Naming Convention for Item

S3 buckets

  • One global (used to store the CFT templates)

  • One per region (used to store the CloudTrail logs)

Cloud APIC S3 buckets begin with the prefix capic. Avoid using buckets that begin with this prefix.

Tags

Minimum of two, maximum of eight

Following are the tag keys used:

  • AciDnTag

  • AciOwnerTag

  • Name (tag value contains object relative name, or RN)

  • AciStaleTag (present only if a resource is considered stale by Cloud APIC)

  • AciResolvedObjDnTag (only for VPC – it carries the Distinguished Name, or DN, for the resolved object)

  • AciPeerDnTag (only for VPC peering – it carries the DN for the peer VPC)

Avoid creating tags starting with Aci or Capic.

CloudTrails

One per region

Trail names begin with the prefix capic. Avoid creating trails that begin with this prefix.

CloudWatch events

Three per region

Rules begin with the prefix capic. Avoid creating rules that begin with this prefix.

Simple Queue Service (SQS) queues

One per region

Queue names begin with the prefix capic. Avoid creating queues that begin with this prefix.