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I envy you. I am using a simple S3 bucket to serve image files. We’re getting close to busting the free tier web traffic limit. I can’t figure out where, or

I envy you. I am using a simple S3 bucket to serve image files. We’re getting close to busting the free tier web traffic limit. I can’t figure out where, or how, to enter my boss’s credit card so we can start paying for the service. I’m not kidding. I’ve looked everywhere. Several times. I’ve probably spent two hours on this.

e40 4y ago
Sounds like you don’t have billing credentials for your iams user.
vitorfhc 4y ago
Hey, is the AWS account you are using inside an organization? If it's then all the billing information should go into the management account. Hope this is the issue and I could help you.
- TheLoafOfBread 4y ago
  Exactly this.
- stblack 4y ago
  Here's how this is playing out. * We need a way to serve image files. * I create an organization account, add an S3 bucket. * We serve images as our application grows. * Fast forward a few months, get an email saying, we're at 85% of free-tier limit. * I invite my boss to the Organization, and make her the financial contact. * Neither I, nor my boss, have been able to figure out where, or how, to enter a credit card number. * We continue to get monthly 85% limit emails. Following the link in the email leads nowhere where we could enter the payment info. * What a completely insane and stupidly opaque UI. Take our money! How? * Will probably move to a service that's better organized. We're just serving image files, a few hundred per day. We have both tried and are unable to figure out how to tie payment info to our AWS organization.
  - TheNewsIsHere 4y ago
    Are you logging in with an Administrator credentialed account _in_ the Organization master account? Did you give your boss a Billing role in IAM, within the Organization master account? If so, search for the “Billing” service and Payment Methods will be on the side. If in doubt, use the root account, but do so only sparingly. You can use it to debug admin and billing permissions.
pooper 4y ago
How can you even get started with AWS without entering payment details? I would love to use AWS for personal projects if I could guarantee it will just stop service outright I stead of charging me.
- gw98 4y ago
  I've done contract work for a couple of large enterprises. It's amazing how many AWS accounts are just floating around out there on a corp credit card that no one knows who added it and when it's going to expire.
kruuuder 4y ago
I also used an S3 bucket for static files. The setup was way more complicated than I expected, and figuring out how to get usage statistics and understanding the cost structure even more so. In the end I moved from S3 to a CDN, super simple to set up and costs went down from 200 USD per month to 5 USD per month. I hope I'll never have to deal with AWS again.
- appleflaxen 4y ago
  which CDN are you using?
  - kruuuder 4y ago
    bunny.net
flamebreath447 4y ago
Ah I see you haven’t spent countless hours looking at the management console cost breakdown because management says “our cloud spending is too high”, to then read the highest cost is your “cost savings plan”.

e40 4y ago

Sounds like you don’t have billing credentials for your iams user.

vitorfhc 4y ago

Hey, is the AWS account you are using inside an organization? If it's then all the billing information should go into the management account. Hope this is the issue and I could help you.

TheLoafOfBread 4y ago
Exactly this.
stblack 4y ago
Here's how this is playing out. * We need a way to serve image files. * I create an organization account, add an S3 bucket. * We serve images as our application grows. * Fast forward a few months, get an email saying, we're at 85% of free-tier limit. * I invite my boss to the Organization, and make her the financial contact. * Neither I, nor my boss, have been able to figure out where, or how, to enter a credit card number. * We continue to get monthly 85% limit emails. Following the link in the email leads nowhere where we could enter the payment info. * What a completely insane and stupidly opaque UI. Take our money! How? * Will probably move to a service that's better organized. We're just serving image files, a few hundred per day. We have both tried and are unable to figure out how to tie payment info to our AWS organization.
- TheNewsIsHere 4y ago
  Are you logging in with an Administrator credentialed account _in_ the Organization master account? Did you give your boss a Billing role in IAM, within the Organization master account? If so, search for the “Billing” service and Payment Methods will be on the side. If in doubt, use the root account, but do so only sparingly. You can use it to debug admin and billing permissions.

pooper 4y ago

How can you even get started with AWS without entering payment details? I would love to use AWS for personal projects if I could guarantee it will just stop service outright I stead of charging me.

gw98 4y ago
I've done contract work for a couple of large enterprises. It's amazing how many AWS accounts are just floating around out there on a corp credit card that no one knows who added it and when it's going to expire.

kruuuder 4y ago

I also used an S3 bucket for static files. The setup was way more complicated than I expected, and figuring out how to get usage statistics and understanding the cost structure even more so. In the end I moved from S3 to a CDN, super simple to set up and costs went down from 200 USD per month to 5 USD per month. I hope I'll never have to deal with AWS again.

appleflaxen 4y ago
which CDN are you using?
- kruuuder 4y ago
  bunny.net

flamebreath447 4y ago

Ah I see you haven’t spent countless hours looking at the management console cost breakdown because management says “our cloud spending is too high”, to then read the highest cost is your “cost savings plan”.