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Set a budget to save money

Set a budget to save money - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial

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Set a budget to save money

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- Another way to make sure we keep our AWS monthly costs within an expected range is to create a budget. Just like you can create a budget in real life to monitor how you would spend on groceries and eating out, you can create budgets within AWS to monitor your spending on one or all of your AWS services. On the left underneath cost management, click on Budgets. Click on Create a budget. Make sure that Cost budget is selected and click Next. Scroll down, and for budget name, type "All AWS services". Make sure the budget period is set to monthly in the pull down and that recurring budget is selected. For the budget amount, type in a monthly amount that you feel comfortable spending while you are learning AWS. For myself, I'm going to set my budget at $20 a month, so in the field, I just want to type 20, period, zero, zero. Verify that the budget scope is set to all AWS services and click Next at the bottom of…

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