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111 | +### Set an AWS Budget Alert |
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113 | +Many beginning users of AWS are concerned about cost. |
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115 | +It is common for new users to accidentally incur costs they did not expect. This may happen by leaving an EC2 instance running or selecting a very expensive EC2 instance by accident. |
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117 | +This is the reason new AWS accounts are very limited in the services they can use. |
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119 | +Set up an AWS budget with alerts to avoid unexpected charges. |
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121 | +Search for AWS Budget in the AWS console and follow the prompts to set up a budget. We reccomend setting a limit of $1.00 for new accounts still under the free tier. |
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123 | +If charges are incurred and approach the $1.00 limit you will receive an email. This enables you to investigate the source of the cost and correct if needed. |
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