{"id":3528,"date":"2023-02-04T16:49:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T16:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/?p=3528"},"modified":"2023-02-11T11:44:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T11:44:02","slug":"how-to-create-a-cloudwatch-billing-alarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/?p=3528","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a CloudWatch Billing Alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amazon CloudWatch can help you monitor the charges on your AWS bill&nbsp;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. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.aws.amazon.com\/console\/cloudwatch\/billing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about billing alerts&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prerequisite: Having a valid AWS Account (Follow the step in this link to create an AWS Account) <a href=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/?p=3419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Sign Up for a new Amazon Web Services Account<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open the page: <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/account\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on Sign in as the Root user<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture1-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture1-4.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture1-4-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Notes: Only the Root user have access to your billing information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure you are connected to the US North Virginia region<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture2-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture2-4.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture2-4-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Select Billing Dashboard on your account name<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture3-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture3-4.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture3-4-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Select Billing preferences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture4-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture4-4.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture4-4-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Check Receive Free Tier Usage Alerts and Receive Billing Alerts \/ Click Save Preferences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture5-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture5-4.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture5-4-300x137.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Type Cloud Watch in our search bar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture6-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture6-4.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture6-4-300x249.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Select Billing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture7-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture7-4.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture7-4-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click Create alarm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture8-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture8-3.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture8-3-300x103.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Specify metric and conditions \/ Click Next<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture9-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture9-3.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture9-3-272x300.png 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Select Create a new topic \/ Enter the topic name and email endpoint \/ Click on Create topic \/ Next<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture10-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture10-3.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture10-3-269x300.png 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Notes: Go to your email subscription and confirm your topic creation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter Alarm name \/ Click Next<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture11-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture11-3.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture11-3-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Review your alarm parameter and click Create alarm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture12-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture12-1.png 624w, https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Picture12-1-272x300.png 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Open your email and confirm the Subscription<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aosnote.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Azeez<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon CloudWatch can help you monitor the charges on your AWS bill&nbsp;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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/?p=3528\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,118,123],"tags":[119,120,127,128],"class_list":["post-3528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amazon-web-services","category-aws","category-aws-basics","tag-aws","tag-aws-account","tag-billing","tag-cloudwatch"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Alarm.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3528"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3717,"href":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528\/revisions\/3717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exceedthecloud.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}