AWS Resource Naming Conventions #

Please see the Global Resource Naming section for an explanation of each node this naming convention uses and the structure of the naming standard.

Standard AWS Template #

<resource>-<agency>-aws-<product>-<project/team>-<env>[-<root-id>][-<three-character-iteration>]

Organizational Units #

ou-<agency>-aws-<product>-<org-category>-<prod/nonprod>[-<root-id>]

Examples:

• ou-dom-aws-security-forest-prod
• ou-hhs-aws-workloads-forest-all-45df
• ou-dom-aws-govcloud-forest-prod

Accounts #

acct-<agency>-aws-<product>-<project/team>-<env>[-<root-id>]

Examples:

• acct-dom-aws-management-infra-dev
• acct-dial-aws-safher-digix-gov
• acct-dial-aws-safher-digix-comm
• acct-dom-aws-team-cobalt-sbox-59va
• acct-iwd-aws-jane-smith-sbox-qvsc

Resources #

<aws-resource-abbreviation>-<agency>-aws-<product>-<project/team>-<env>-<region/location>[-<root-id>]-<three-character-iteration>

Examples:

• snet-hhs-aws-elias-chatbot-test-use1-001
• ec2-dom-aws-management-infra-dev-use1-005
• vpc-dial-aws-osha-team1-prod-usw1-002