I am new to AWS and I am confused about the usage limits for EC2 instances. I am a free tier user. I want to use p2x.large and I have submitted a request for limit increase. If it gets approved and I use it, will I be charged? Is there is limit up to which it is free?
To cite the official website:
AWS Free Tier includes 750 hours of both Linux and Windows t2.micro
instances each month for one year for new AWS customers. To stay
within the Free Tier, use only t2.micro instances.
You can read that on this page. The answer to your question is thus yes, you will be charged if you use a p2x.large instance.
AWS free tier include only t2.micro and t3.micro EC2 instances.
In this link, AWS explains that:
For Linux:
750 hours per month of Linux, RHEL, or SLES t2.micro or t3.micro instance dependent on region
and, for Windows instances:
750 hours per month of Windows t2.micro or t3.micro instance dependent on region
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On AWS, I already have an EC2 instance and PostgreSQL RDS which is working fine for more than 2 years. Now I added new EC2 instance and a new PostgreSQL RDS ( both are under free tier ). Later I found that the billing is added to this RDS even though I have selected free tier. Is this possible to create another EC2 and another RDS in the Free Tier when there is a EC2 and RDS running more than 2 years?
The AWS Free Tier is a billing discount provided by AWS. Some discounts are provided only for the first 12 months of an AWS Account, while some apply every month.
For Amazon EC2 instances, the AWS Free Tier provides the following discounts for the first 12 months:
750 hours per month of Linux, RHEL, or SLES t2.micro or t3.micro instance dependent on region
750 hours per month of Windows t2.micro or t3.micro instance dependent on region
For Amazon RDS databases, the AWS Free Tier provides the following discounts for the first 12 months:
750 Hours of Amazon RDS Single-AZ db.t2.micro, db.t3.micro, and db.t4g.micro Instances usage running MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL databases each month (applicable DB engines)
20 GB of General Purpose (SSD) database storage
20 GB of storage for database backups and DB Snapshots
Both discounts are only provided for the first 12 months of your AWS Account. You might have selected services that are "free tier eligible" but they would not be free because your AWS Account is older than 12 months.
strong textIs it possible to get GPUs allocated on AWS free tier? If so can someone explain the steps? I tried on Amazon EC2 but could not get GPUs allocated.
The AWS Free Tier includes the following for Amazon EC2:
750 hours per month of Linux, RHEL, or SLES t2.micro or t3.micro instance dependent on region
750 hours per month of Windows t2.micro or t3.micro instance dependent on region
The micro instances do not support GPUs. Thus, you cannot stay within the Free Tier while using GPUs.
I made a free tier server on my account and configured it there. Then I had to shift the server to my client's account I made an image of that server and copied it to my client's account so that I wouldn't have to configure all of it again. Turns out it kept all the configurations EXCEPT the free-tier one.
So is there a way for me to make this ec2 instance free tier? Or do I have to build a free tier ec2 from scratch again?
Launch the instance in free tier using AMI(Image of the) as you already have the AMI with you.
And there is no way to move existing instance to free tier,just terminate it after launching the new one in free tier.
The AWS Free Tier is a billing discount.
For Amazon EC2, it provides:
750 hours per month of Linux, RHEL, or SLES t2.micro or t3.micro instance dependent on region
750 hours per month of Windows t2.micro or t3.micro instance dependent on region
So, each month, any usage that matches the above is not charged (up to the appropriate number of hours). This means you could run one Linux instance for an entire month, or two instances for half a month, or even 30 instances for 1 day.
You cannot nominate specific resources to be included in the Free Tier. It is calculated based upon total usage, so might cover multiple EC2 resources.
I have an Amazon AWS account, with a few EC2 running instances (3) in different locations. I subscribed the 12 month trial. Suddenly, my billing dashboard started to stack up costs, updating every day.
The instances are virtual machines with windows server 2012, all configured under the free tier settings. I use them mainly form testing, with few downloads/uploads and streaming.
They Are charging for a few bucks for data transfer,and also a reasonable amount described as EC2.
I've read somewhere that one could create more than one EC2, and for what i supposed, the 750 hours limit is for each instance, But this probably is Wrong.
So, what can one do and not do, under the free Absolutely free tier limit ?
Based on the documentation you can run 750 hours of a Linux t2.micro or t1.micro instance plus 750 hours of a Windows t2.micro or t1.micro instance each month for the first 12 months under the free tier. So in your case you have exceeded the free tier limitations, by starting 3 Windows Server 2012 instances and keep them running more than 2/3 of the month.
Since AWS Free Tier involves 750hrs of Free Time per month, you could ideally start 750 EC2 instances, 1 hour/per month.
Is there any changes for "traffic" when using basic version of EC2 instance, by basic I mean:
750 hours per month of Linux, RHEL, or SLES t2.micro instance usage
Traffic: If we setup a server and there are some hits on my server then is there any charge for this setup. I am not using ELB, just EC2 instance with a server on it.
The full pricing for On-Demand Amazon EC2 instances can be found at: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/
The AWS Free Usage Tier gives 750 hours per month of a t2.micro instance. This means you could run one instance for a full month, or two instances for half a month. Simply stop the instance(s) to stop the charges.
You can have this free usage tier for a Linux AND a Windows instance.
However, please note that there are additional charges that also apply:
Data Transfer: This is charged for data leaving the AWS Region going to the Internet. The free usage tier includes "15 GB of bandwidth out aggregated across all AWS services" in the first 12 months. The EC2 pricing page also says that the first 1 GB/month is free, but I'm not sure if they overlap.
EBS Volume storage: Elastic Block Store (EBS) runs the disks attached to your instance. The free usage tier includes "30 GB of Amazon Elastic Block Storage in any combination of General Purpose (SSD) or Magnetic, plus 2 million I/Os (with EBS Magnetic) and 1 GB of snapshot storage", so you will be charged if your disk storage exceeds this (which is likely if you run both a Windows and a Linux instance). This storage charge continues to apply when an instance is Stopped, but not when an instance is Terminated.
Bottom line: Stop or turn off things when you don't need them. You can also activate a billing alert to warn you when you have been charged some actual money.
Yes, there are varying charges for traffic into and out of your EC2 instance.
in very rough numbers, if you budgeted $0.01 per GB of traffic, you would come in under that, but the complete breakdown is here:
https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/