Background:

Cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud provide organizations with scalability and flexibility but also introduce challenges in managing resources. Developers/DevOps often forget to clean up resources after running tests or performing deployments, resulting in escalating costs, especially in large-scale enterprise environments. Manual clean-up processes are error-prone, time-consuming, and difficult to scale.

Cloudwash, a tool developed by Red Hat QE, offers an automated, efficient solution for identifying and cleaning up these resources, ensuring that cloud expenditures remain under control.

Key Takeaways:

1. Understanding Cloud Resource Cleanup Challenges: Attendees will gain insights into the common pitfalls and inefficiencies in managing cloud resources.

2. How Cloudwash Works: An in-depth explanation of how Cloudwash identifies orphaned resources across multiple cloud providers.

3. Integration and Usage: Learn how to integrate Cloudwash into existing workflows to automate resource cleanup.

4. Cost Savings: Real-world examples of how organizations have reduced their cloud bills using Cloudwash.

5. Call for contribution: Invite people to contribute to the number of RFEs opened from community.

Target Audience:

This session is aimed at cloud infrastructure managers, DevOps engineers, QA teams, and anyone responsible for cloud cost optimization in their organization.

Why this talk?

With the proliferation of cloud services, cost management has become a critical concern for organizations. Cloudwash not only addresses an immediate pain point but also exemplifies how open-source tools can drive operational efficiency. By sharing the journey of Cloudwash, this talk will inspire attendees to rethink their cloud management practices and embrace automation for cost optimization.