Setting up your AWS account
The first step in deploying on Amazon is to create an account at https://aws.amazon.com. You have to enter your credit card information to register, but you can use some of the services with a basic plan for free for a while under some conditions.
The services that are offered for free are good enough to evaluate AWS.
Once you have registered, you are redirected to the AWS console. The first thing you need do is pick the US East (N. Virginia) region from the top-right corner menu that's under your login name. North Virginia is the region to use to set up specific billing alerts.
The second thing you should do is to configure the alarm in the Billing Console by visiting https://console.aws.amazon.com/billing/home#/ ...
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