Tagging

What are tags?

Tags might be the single most useful tool on the AWS platform. Simply put, tags are key-value pairs. The only thing AWS says not to do with tags is store sensitive information in them, because they aren't encrypted. Two main types of tags exist: AWS-generated tags and user-defined tags.

AWS-generated tags are automatically created and maintained by AWS services and will contain metadata that is required or useful for the service to run. ...