So, on Friday I got my December bill for AWS.... it was $2063. 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.
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. Basically, just follow these instructions: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/DeveloperGuide/monitor_estimated_charges_with_cloudwatch.html 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. -Nate Seriously. Do it now.
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