Dev-Test Resource Cost Chef - Comprehensive Audit Suite for AWS, Azure, GCP & OCI

🔍 What It Does

• 🔍 Detects premium SKUs and tiers across all services (App Services, SQL Databases, Redis, RDS, ElastiCache, Cloud SQL, etc.)
• 📏 Identifies oversized VMs and compute instances inappropriate for dev/test workloads
• ⏰ Flags resources missing automation tags and scheduling for off-hours cost savings
• 🧟‍♂️ Hunts down orphaned resources (disks, volumes, IPs, load balancers) still generating costs
• 🛡️ Identifies permissive security configurations that could lead to security risks
• 📊 Generates both CSV exports and beautiful HTML reports with cloud-specific styling
• 🌐 Works across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI with a consistent methodology and output format

⚙️ Requirements Checklist

• ✅ PowerShell 5.1+ (or Core 7+) with internet access for Azure and AWS scripts
• ✅ Python 3.6+ for OCI script with oci, pandas, jinja2, and matplotlib packages
• ✅ Azure modules: Az.Accounts, Az.Resources (auto-installed if missing)
• ✅ AWS modules: AWS.Tools.Common, AWS.Tools.EC2, AWS.Tools.RDS (auto-installed if missing)
• ✅ GCP modules: GoogleCloud (auto-installed if missing)
• ✅ Read-only permissions to resources, tags, and cost data across your cloud accounts
• ✅ 5-10 minutes runtime depending on environment size and cloud provider

📌 Talk Nerdy Tip:

Dev environments are like test kitchens—they don't need premium ingredients or industrial equipment to create great recipes. Downgrade those premium SKUs and right-size those oversized VMs! 👨‍🍳