Automation Reference Information

The following guides walk through custom policy details and help you get started writing your own custom policy.

• Create a Custom Policy describes how to write your own custom policy.
• Create a Recommendation From a Policy Template describes how to create a policy template to feed into the Cloud Cost Optimization’s Total Potential Savings chart.
• Policy Authoring Walkthrough provides a step-by-step guide on authoring every element of a policy.
• Policy Template Language describes the code used to create a custom policy and provides policy templates.
• Policy Template Language Functions describe the categories of functions used to compute values dynamically in a custom policy template.
• Cloud Workflow Language describes the language and processes used to manage entire applications running in the cloud.
• Cloud Workflow Functions describe the built-in operations that execute inside the Cloud Workflow engine using the Cloud Workflow Language.
• Cloud Workflow Operators describe the operators used to manipulate values and resource collections.