Request Temporary AWS Access from the CLI: SSO Elevator 5.0
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Request Temporary AWS Access from the CLI: SSO Elevator 5.0
SSO Elevator is FivexL’s open-source Terraform module for just-in-time AWS access through IAM Identity Center. People request a permission set in an account, or membership in an IAM Identity Center group, from Slack. Approvers approve in Slack. The module grants the access and removes it when …
FivexL Newsletter, September 2026
Greetings! The FivexL newsletter is back after a summer break. While the newsletter was taking time off, the team kept shipping releases, writing posts and recording episodes through July and August, so this edition covers the whole summer rather than just September. In this edition you’ll …
How to Reduce AWS Config Costs in AWS Control Tower
If you run AWS Control Tower, you’ve probably noticed that AWS Config records everything in every managed account. The bill and the noise both grow with each new account. Why the AWS Config bill keeps growing AWS Config records every supported resource type, and you pay based on the number of …
What to Consider When Migrating from AWS App Runner to Amazon ECS
On March 31, AWS announced it is deprecating AWS App Runner. New customers were cut off on April 30, and while AWS has not yet published a final sunset date, the direction is clear: teams running on App Runner need a migration plan. AWS’s official migration guide [1] points at Amazon Elastic …
FivexL Newsletter, June 2026
Greetings! Have you set up your AWS accounts under time pressure and told yourself you’d sort it out later? Did later never arrive? You’re not alone. Most teams are running a setup that made sense in the early days and is turning into a liability as the company grows. In June we …
AWS Multi-Account Strategy for Startups: A Four-Stage Guide
What does your AWS setup need to look like at seed stage? At Series A? When your first healthcare customer asks for a HIPAA BAA? The answer changes at every stage — and the decisions you make early are the hardest ones to undo. Below: four company growth stages — pre-product-market fit, early-stage, …