How to reduce cost of AWS infrastructure?
- Use reserved instances:
- Reserved instances provide a significant discount (up to 75%) compared to on-demand instances.
- You can purchase a reserved instance for a one- or three-year term.
- You can also convert your on-demand instances to reserved instances.
Steps:
- Go to the EC2 dashboard in the AWS Management Console.
- Under "Instances", click "Reserved Instances".
- Click "Purchase Reserved Instances" and select the type and number of instances you want to reserve.
- Select the term (1 or 3 years) and the payment option (all upfront, partial upfront, or no upfront).
- Review your order and click "Purchase" to complete the process.
- Use auto-scaling and right-sizing:
- Auto-scaling automatically adds or removes instances based on demand.
- Right-sizing ensures that you are using the appropriate instance type for your workload.
Steps:
- Go to the EC2 dashboard in the AWS Management Console.
- Under "Auto Scaling", click "Auto Scaling Groups".
- Click "Create Auto Scaling Group" and select the launch configuration for your instances.
- Set the desired number of instances and the minimum and maximum number of instances.
- Select the appropriate instance type for your workload.
- Set up scaling policies to automatically add or remove instances based on demand.
- Monitor the performance of your instances and adjust the instance type as needed.
- Use cost-efficient services:
- Amazon S3 is a cost-effective storage option that can be used for storing data such as images, videos, and backups.
- Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) that can be used to distribute content to users.
Steps:
- Go to the S3 dashboard in the AWS Management Console.
- Click "Create Bucket" and specify a name for the bucket.
- Select the appropriate storage class for your data.
- Use the S3 lifecycle rules to automatically transition data to different storage classes as it ages.
- Go to the CloudFront dashboard in the AWS Management Console.
- Click "Create Distribution" and select "Web" as the delivery method.
- Specify the origin and configure the settings for your distribution.
- Use AWS cost optimization tools:
- AWS Cost Explorer is a tool that helps you understand and manage your AWS costs.
- AWS Trusted Advisor is a tool that provides recommendations on how to optimize your AWS resources.
Steps:
- Go to the Cost Explorer dashboard in the AWS Management Console.
- Use the "Cost and Usage" report to view your costs by service and by usage type.
- Use the "Reservation Utilization" report to view your usage of reserved instances.
- Go to the Trusted Advisor dashboard in the AWS Management Console.
- Review the recommendations provided in the "Cost Optimization" category.
- Schedule non-production instances to shut down when not in use.
Steps:
- Go to the EC2 dashboard in the AWS Management Console.
- Under "Instances", select the instances that you want to schedule for shutdown.
- Use the "Instance Settings" menu to configure the automatic stop or terminate schedule.
- For more fine-grained control, you can also use AWS Lambda and CloudWatch Events to schedule the start and stop of your instances.
- Monitor and optimize the use of AWS services:
- Use CloudWatch to monitor the usage of your resources
- Use AWS Cost Explorer to identify any over- or under-utilized resources
- Use AWS Trusted Advisor to get recommendations on how to optimize your resources
- Use AWS Savings Plans:
Steps:
- Go to the EC2 page in the AWS Management Console
- Select the "Savings Plans" from the navigation menu
- Choose the plan that best suits your usage
- Review and confirm the purchase
- Use free tier services available:
- AWS offers a free tier for certain services for a certain period of time, like EC2, S3, RDS, and many more. Make sure to take advantage of the free services before subscribing to the paid version.

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