Resource Tagging

Campus Cloud Tagging Documentation of resource tagging best practices. More to come ….

Vocabulary Definitions

  • Tag = key and value(s)
  • Max key length: 128 Unicode characters
  • Max value length: 256 Unicode characters
  • Tags should not contain sensitive or private information
  • Cost Allocation tags are only visible in Master Payee Account
  • Use each Key only once for each resource
  • Allowed characters: letters, numbers, spaces representable in UTF-8, and the following characters: + - = . _ : / @
  • Case sensitive
  • Mandatory tags are used for compliance, created with automation and enforced
  • Required tags may be applied as part of self-service capability, may be updated (from null) by account owner after creation due to compliance notification
  • Optional tags may be applied with out any compliance or enforcement

Namespace

  • Reserved namespace prefix = aws:
  • Reserved namespace prefix = ucsb:
  • Reserved namespace prefix = ucsb:environment:name (added 4/29/21). Keep name suffix SHORT
  • Local namespace prefix = ucsb:dept:<CODE> with <CODE> equal to 4 character Chart of Accounts code (capitalized)
  • Example: ucsb:dept:GSED