Creating an AWS budget is a crucial step when starting a new AWS account or project in the cloud. It helps to ensure that your AWS spending aligns with your current business goals and prevents unexpected costs from affecting your budget.
While many tutorials focus on manual budget creation, there's an even better solution for those who prioritize automation. By utilizing an AWS budget, you can set custom cost thresholds for your AWS accounts, and receive notifications when actual costs exceed the budgeted amount. This allows for efficient cost management and ensures that your AWS usage stays within your desired budget
Go to CloudFormation:
Save & Load the template from the PC
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: "Minimal-Spend Budget"
Parameters:
Email:
Type: String
Description: Please enter the email address to which budget notifications should be addressed.
Resources:
BasicBudget:
Type: "AWS::Budgets::Budget"
Properties:
Budget:
BudgetLimit:
Amount: 10
Unit: USD
TimeUnit: MONTHLY
BudgetType: COST
NotificationsWithSubscribers:
- Notification:
NotificationType: ACTUAL
ComparisonOperator: GREATER_THAN
Threshold: 99
Subscribers:
- SubscriptionType: EMAIL
Address: !Ref Email
- Notification:
NotificationType: ACTUAL
ComparisonOperator: GREATER_THAN
Threshold: 50
Subscribers:
- SubscriptionType: EMAIL
Address: !Ref Email
- Notification:
NotificationType: ACTUAL
ComparisonOperator: GREATER_THAN
Threshold: 10
Subscribers:
- SubscriptionType: EMAIL
Address: !Ref Email
Outputs:
BudgetId:
Value: !Ref BasicBudget
Validate Creation
Budget result 🚀
Conclusion
Overall, having an AWS budget can help you better understand and control your AWS costs, and can help you make informed decisions about how to use AWS resources
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