Setting up EC2 Instance Alerts:

1. Login to AWS Console: Log in to your AWS Management Console.

   

2. Navigate to CloudWatch: Go to the CloudWatch service by either searching for "CloudWatch" in the AWS Management Console or by clicking on "Services" and selecting "CloudWatch" under "Management & Governance."

   

3. Create an Alarm:

   • In the CloudWatch dashboard, click on "Alarms" in the left navigation pane.

     

   • Click the "Create Alarm" button.

     

4. Select EC2 Metric:

   • Choose the "Select metric" button.

     

   • Under "Browse for", select "EC2".

   • Then, choose "Per-Instance Metrics" and select the metric you want to set an alert for, such as CPU utilization.

     

     

5. Set Conditions:

   • Configure the conditions for your alarm. For example, you can set a threshold for CPU utilization.

   • You can choose to trigger the alarm when the metric is "Greater" or "Less" than a specific value for a certain period.

   • You can also specify the period for which the condition must be met for the alarm to trigger.

     

     

6. Set Actions:

   • Define actions to take when the alarm is triggered. You can choose to send a notification through Amazon SNS (Simple Notification Service) or perform an auto-scaling action, such as launching additional instances.

   • Click "Create a new topic" to set up an SNS topic and configure email or SMS notifications.

     

7. Name and Describe the Alarm:

   • Give your alarm a name and description to help identify its purpose.

     

8. Review and Create:

   • Review the alarm settings, and if everything looks correct, click "Create alarm."

     

   • Created Successfully

     

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Setting up AWS Billing Alerts:

1. Login to AWS Console: Log in to your AWS Management Console.

2. Navigate to the Billing Dashboard:

   • Click on "Services" and select "AWS Cost Management."

   • In the left navigation pane, select "Budgets."

     

3. Create a Budget:

   • Click on "Budgets"

     

   • Click on the "Create a budget" button.

     

4. Configure Budget Details:

   • Provide a name for your budget.

   • Specify the budget period, such as monthly, quarterly, or annually.

   • Set the budget amount, which is the amount at which you want to be alerted.

5. Review and Create:

   • Review your budget settings and click "Create budget."

     

6. Our Budget is created.

   

Configuration of the EC2 instance alarm has been completed successfully

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Edited --> Once it exceeds, it will send a mail similar to this...

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