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Ask HN: How do you learn to use AWS when you are terrified to being overcharged?

8 pointsby noreasonwalmost 10 years ago
I don't get any money from programming, and I would like to learn to use AWS but I am a very risk averse kind of people and I don't want to be overcharge in case I do some silly thing in the web. I would like a service that guarantees that no matter what happens you don't pay more than a small amount for learning, I don't mind if my code disappear from the server or the application is no longer working when the money is over. I imagine that working in the cloud is about being at risk but, just in the learning phase I would like to have the minimum risk when learning. Any ideas?

7 comments

Turing_Machinealmost 10 years ago
They have a "billing alerts" feature that should help. It will send you email if your charges exceed the amount you've set.
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noreasonwalmost 10 years ago
I found this, someone publishes his keys in the net and how to disable the services: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;zacharybears.com&#x2F;amazon-aws-account-hacking-and-how-to-avoid-it&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;zacharybears.com&#x2F;amazon-aws-account-hacking-and-how-t...</a>
codegeekalmost 10 years ago
do you want to learn AWS specifcally or do you want to learn to code stuff in general ?<p>If latter, may I suggest you try digitalocean then ? I know you are talking about AWS sepcifically but for your use case, get a $5 DO VPS and play as much as you want.
auganovalmost 10 years ago
Get a CC that allows you to set a low spending limit.
gazarsgoalmost 10 years ago
Open your account with a $100 Visa gift card.
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cpralmost 10 years ago
There are free micro instances, last I knew.
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mindcrimealmost 10 years ago
One thing AWS doesn&#x27;t have, is a feature to let you forcibly terminate instances based on a billing limit or a time schedule. But, micro instances are so cheap (and even free for a time), that you can probably afford to set up a single micro instance, and put a watchdog process on there that will use the API to monitor your instances and terminate them if you forget and leave ones running or something.