[new capability] Amazon EC2 supports disabling Amazon Machine Image (or AMI) Housekeeping is always an important activity. Otherwise, soon, it will become an operational and management overhead. Fortunately, Amazon EC2 now supports disabling an Amazon Machine Image (or AMI). Let’s take a closer look. Imagine there are hundreds of AMIs in your Catalog. Some are outdated, som 23 Oct 2023 · 2 min read
Use "Public IP Insights" [new feature] to optimize usage of chargeable public IPv4 address Public IPv4 addresses will no longer be free. Effective February 1, 2024, Amazon will charge you 0.005$ per public IPv4 address per hour. You will likely soon use "Public IP insights" (a new feature) to optimize the usage of public IPv4 addresses and associated costs to prevent unexpected bills. It 16 Aug 2023 · 2 min read
Does a "stopped" EC2 instance cost any money? There is no charge for a stopped EC2 instance or any data transfer fees. Associated Elastic IP (EIP) addresses and attached Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes will incur charges. If you don't need Elastic IP addresses, disassociate and release. As an EBS snapshot is relatively cheaper than a 14 Mar 2023 · 1 min read