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?
| Goal | Command |
|---|---|
| Scan local IaC files | cloudburn scan |
| Scan live AWS resources | cloudburn discover |
| Set up AWS Resource Explorer | cloudburn discover init |
| Check Resource Explorer status | cloudburn discover status |
| Generate a config file | cloudburn init config |
| List available rules | cloudburn rules list |
| Set up shell completions | cloudburn completion |
Programmatic use
Need to integrate CloudBurn into your own tooling? See the SDK documentation.
What's next
| Installation | Install the CLI and verify it works |
| Quickstart: Scan IaC Files | Run your first IaC scan |
| Quickstart: Discover AWS Resources | Scan your live AWS account |