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Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS by forgottenacc57 on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @01:18PM (#13073160)
Amazon lets you set a cost limit in your account. Look it up.
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Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS by Someone1234 on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @01:30PM (#13073284)
I did. They don't.

They offer billing alerts, have a budget tracker thingy, but have no actual automated caps. Closest thing you can do is write one yourself using the AWS APIs.

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Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS by seoseokho on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @04:36PM (#13074920)
Yeah, gotta monitor daily
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Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS by daveguy on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @01:32PM (#13073303)
That is only for automated reporting and alerts. It does not allow you to actually limit your expenses.
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Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS by eropple on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @04:23PM (#13074814)
IIRC, it can fire off to a SNS topic; you can burn down your stuff to your heart's content.
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Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS by fweespeech on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @03:57PM (#13074618)
Billing alerts that are simply a notification you exceeded $X is not any sort of limit, particularly when they may take hours to arrive.
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