Amazon CloudWatch can help you monitor the charges on your AWS bill by sending you email alerts when charges exceed a threshold you define. Once you update your preferences in the Account Billing console, you will begin receiving Amazon CloudWatch metrics that reflect your month-to-date AWS charges. Then, you can create a billing alarm by specifying a spending threshold and an e-mail address to notify. Learn more about billing alerts
Prerequisite: Having a valid AWS Account (Follow the step in this link to create an AWS Account) How to Sign Up for a new Amazon Web Services Account
Open the page: https://aws.amazon.com/account/
Click on Sign in as the Root user
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Notes: Only the Root user have access to your billing information
Be sure you are connected to the US North Virginia region
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Select Billing Dashboard on your account name
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Select Billing preferences
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Check Receive Free Tier Usage Alerts and Receive Billing Alerts / Click Save Preferences
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Type Cloud Watch in our search bar
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Select Billing
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Click Create alarm
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Specify metric and conditions / Click Next
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Select Create a new topic / Enter the topic name and email endpoint / Click on Create topic / Next
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Notes: Go to your email subscription and confirm your topic creation
Enter Alarm name / Click Next
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Review your alarm parameter and click Create alarm
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Open your email and confirm the Subscription
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