$32 surprise charge
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I started the tutorial on April 15, made it to 2B step 2 and then left it to finish later. Much to my surprise I just received a $32.22 bill for 716 NAT Gateway Hours (that's only for a couple weeks!). Suggestions:
- Recommend that new users set up a budget limit
- Make it really clear that charges will accrue even when it is not being used
- Have very clear disable instructions (this was under EC2 on the bill, but VPC in the controls - so took forever to find and disable it)
- If possible change the design so that it is more resource efficient
Thanks!
Same issue, but luckily I came back in a couple of days, paid close to $10. (With the currency difference it is an expensive meal for one person :D)
I looked for a pause command of some form, or even a disable/deactivate button for NAT Gateway, there is only a delete button which messes up with the CloudFormation, so I guess the only way is to destroy before leaving the desk?!
I also tried a Lightsail tutorial last year and got a surprise charge. THank you for your issue and comments guys, because it's really an issue. I did anticipate that alll this setup of AWS services would incur charges. The very real problems you call everybody's attention to (taking forever to disable a service INCLUDED IN THE TUTORIAL and having no recourse but destroy everything before leaving the desk -Who on earth has the time to begin and finish a tutorial in a single session?- are plain awful. Only things we can disable and reenable with quick scripts for show and tell to collaegues, friends, etc. should e included in AWS samples/tutorals/whatever. It's appaling.
@jstarrfire @computeristgeek @Testedbytime
I faced the same issue with surprised bill for nat gateway usage. But luckily i terminated cloudFormation stack within a day hence I was billed for just a dollar. Any of you have the updated cloudFormation template that has an alternate way to NAT gateway for e.g. VPC endpoint gateway?