- Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Billing and Cost Management console .
- On the left navigation pane, choose Preferences.
- Select the Receive Billing Alerts check box.
- Choose Save preferences.
Now we will create the alarm in cloudwatch.
On top left of AWS console choose “Services” and select “Cloudwatch”.
- In cloudwatch on the left pane select “Alarms”.
- Now Select Create Alarm .
- In Billing Metrics select “Total Estimated Charges”.
- A new window will open . Put a check mark on USD. and click next.
- In the section “Whenever charges for : Estimated charges ” specify threshold as 0.01. Refer image below.
- For “send a notification to”, specify an email address.
- Finally click on create alarm. Cloudwatch will send you a confirmation mail.
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