This article will walk you thru setting up an AWS billing alert – Go to the AWS SNS Dashboard and you will need to do the following
- in the SNS dashboard click on Topic on the left
- Create a new Topic
- Name the Topic
- Add the display name
- Click on Create Topic
Once the Topic has been created – click on Subscription on the left to create a new Subscription
- ARN resource name is chosen by default
- Choose the method for getting alerts – in this case – we are using email
- Endpoint would be your email address where alerts would come in
Once you have created a subscription, it will go into a pending state until it is confirmed via email
Below is a sample email you will get to confirm the subscription
- AWS email
- ARN Resource
- Link to confirm the subscription
Clicking on Confirm Subscription will take you the screen below
- shows your email
- Resource name
- if you need undo the subscription
Go to the ClouWatch dashboard and follow the steps
- Go to billing on the left
- Note the amount free alarms and emails that are provided to you
- Create the alarm by clicking on the blue radio button
here you add the details
- Look to confirm the estimated charges
- Enter the billing amount threshold
- Choose the Topic that you created earlier
- Click on create Alarm
This completes the tutorial on how to setup the AWS billing alerts step by step