Day 2 - Manage the Full Resource Lifecycle

Managing the lifecycle of cloud resources is a critical aspect of platform engineering, often referred to as "Day 2 operations." After resources are provisioned—whether they're databases, compute instances, storage buckets, or Kubernetes namespaces—they require ongoing management to ensure reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness.

Day 2 management includes tasks such as:

• Scaling resources up or down based on demand

  • View ECS tasks and scale on-demand
  • Scale Autoscaling Groups
  • Start an EC2 Instance
  • Start a GCP Compute Engine Instance
  • Stop a GCP Compute Engine Instance
  • Start Azure Webapp
  • Stop Azure Webapp
  • Start an Azure Virtual Machine
  • Deallocate an Azure Virtual Machine

• Patching and updating software or configurations

  • Toggle a Feature Flag
  • Archive a Feature Flag
  • Add Tags to an EKS Cluster

• Restarting or Resyncing to resolve issues

  • Manage Kubernetes deployments
  • Reboot an EC2 Instance
  • Reboot RDS instances
  • Restart Azure Webapp
  • Restart an Azure Virtual Machine

• Decommissioning or archiving resources when they're no longer needed

  • Terminate an EC2 Instance
  • Delete an RDS instance
  • Delete a Kubernetes namespace
  • Delete an SQS queue
  • Delete an EKS Cluster

• Monitoring usage and health to detect issues early

  • Monitor and Purge SQS queues
  • Redrive messages from a DLQ

• Rotating secrets and credentials to mitigate risks

  • Renew an ACM Certificate

By automating these processes and providing self-service capabilities for Day 2 operations, platform teams empower developers to manage their own resources safely, while maintaining governance and compliance. Port enables you to define self-service actions for common Day 2 tasks, set up approval workflows, and enforce policies—ensuring that your cloud resources remain well-managed throughout their lifecycle.