Avoiding my $2000 AWS bill

Wed Jan 8 20:42:02 UTC 2014

Thanks!
-Peter

On 01/08/2014 03:25 PM, Nate Finch wrote:
> So, on Friday I got my December bill for AWS.... it was $2063.
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> I just about had a heart attack.  I had evidently left up a huge dedicated instance in a region I don't normally use.  Luckily, after calling Amazon, they were nice enough to waive the fee since it was my first time making that kind of error, and they could see I hadn't actually used the server at all.
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> It turns out there's a really easy way to avoid this: set up a billing alert in AWS to email you if your estimated monthly bill goes over a certain amount for a long enough time.
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> Basically, just follow these instructions: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/DeveloperGuide/monitor_estimated_charges_with_cloudwatch.html
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> There are a lot of different alerts you can set up, it's pretty easy to follow.  I highly highly recommend that if you don't already have this set up, that you do it /right now/.  It's really quick and easy, and it could save your butt.
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> -Nate
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> Seriously.  Do it now.
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