Skip to main content
Resource viewer — Currently supports cost estimates with more features coming soon.

​
Overview

The fjall view command provides detailed insights into your infrastructure resources. Currently supports viewing cost estimates, with logs and other features planned.

​
Usage

fjall view [resource] [options]

​
Available Resources

​
View Cost Estimates

Display cost estimates for your applications: 
fjall view cost
Interactive prompts: 
? Select an application:
  ❯ app
    api-service
    web-frontend
Output example: 
═══════════════════════════════════════
Cost Estimate Details for app
═══════════════════════════════════════

Estimated Monthly Cost

Total Estimated Cost: $89.43/month

Cost Breakdown by Service

Compute Resources

ECS Fargate Service
- Monthly: $72.93
- Yearly: $875.16

Storage Resources

Aurora Serverless v2 Database
- Monthly: $16.50
- Yearly: $198.00

═══════════════════════════════════════

​
Coming Soon

The following resources are planned: 
? What would you like to view?
  ❯ Cost Estimates
    Logs (coming soon)

​
Options

OptionDescriptionExample
--app <name>Target application (non-interactive)--app app
-v, --verboseShow detailed informationfjall view cost -v

​
Non-Interactive Mode

Skip prompts by specifying the application: 
fjall view cost --app app

​
How Cost Estimates Work

When you deploy an application, Fjall:
  1. Analyses resources - Identifies all AWS resources
  2. Calculates costs - Uses AWS pricing data
  3. Saves estimate - Stores in .fjall-cost-estimate.json
  4. Updates on changes - Recalculates when infrastructure changes
Cost estimates include:
  • Compute costs (ECS, Lambda, EC2)
  • Storage costs (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB)
  • Network costs (Load balancers, data transfer)
  • Additional services

​
Understanding Cost Breakdowns

​
Service Categories

Compute Resources
  • ECS Fargate tasks
  • Lambda function invocations
  • EC2 instances
Storage Resources
  • Database instances
  • Storage volumes
  • Backup costs
Network Resources
  • Load balancers
  • Data transfer
  • VPC endpoints

​
Cost Factors

Estimates consider:
  • Instance types and sizes
  • Running hours per month
  • Storage capacity
  • Data transfer estimates
  • Regional pricing differences

​
Limitations

Current limitations:
  • Estimates only (not actual AWS bills)
  • Based on standard pricing (no discounts)
  • Assumes 24/7 operation for always-on resources
  • Data transfer costs are estimates
For actual costs, check AWS Cost Explorer.

​
Tips

  1. Regular checks - View costs before and after adding resources
  2. Compare options - Create different app types to compare costs
  3. Optimization - Use estimates to identify expensive resources
  4. Budgeting - Export estimates for budget planning

​
Troubleshooting

​
No Cost Estimate Found

If you see this error: 
❌ No cost estimate found for app
💡 Deploy the application first with 'fjall deploy app'
Solution: Deploy your application to generate cost estimates

​
No Applications Found

❌ No applications found
💡 Create an application first with 'fjall create app'
Solution: Create an application before viewing costs

​
Future Features

Planned additions to the view command:
  • Logs - Real-time log streaming from CloudWatch
  • Metrics - Performance and utilisation metrics
  • Config - Detailed configuration viewing
  • Resources - List of all AWS resources
  • Status - Health checks and monitoring
Cost estimates are approximations based on resource specifications. Actual AWS charges may vary based on usage patterns, data transfer, and other factors.