Overview

CloudBurn CLI

Command-line tool for scanning IaC templates and discovering cost optimization opportunities in live AWS accounts.


The CloudBurn CLI gives you two ways to find cost savings in your AWS infrastructure:

  • IaC scan — static analysis of Terraform (.tf) and CloudFormation (.json, .yaml, .yml) files before deployment
  • Live discovery — real-time scan of resources running in your AWS account via Resource Explorer

IaC scan flow

Discovery flow

Which command do I need?

GoalCommand
Scan local IaC filescloudburn scan
Scan live AWS resourcescloudburn discover
Set up AWS Resource Explorercloudburn discover init
Check Resource Explorer statuscloudburn discover status
Generate a config filecloudburn init config
List available rulescloudburn rules list
Set up shell completionscloudburn completion

Programmatic use

Need to integrate CloudBurn into your own tooling? See the SDK documentation.

What's next

InstallationInstall the CLI and verify it works
Quickstart: Scan IaC FilesRun your first IaC scan
Quickstart: Discover AWS ResourcesScan your live AWS account