Lab 10: Estimate Costs

Use a CloudFormationtemplate to calculate the monthly costs.

Overview

1. Estimate costs of an CloudFormation template.

Instructions

1. Open CloudFormation in AWS Management Console.
2. Click Create Stack button.
3. Select Upload a template to Amazon S3.
4. Choose file learn-cloudformation/lab10-estimate-costs/demo.yaml.
5. Click Next button.
6. Insert lab10-$usernameas stack name. Replace $username with your username (e.g. lab10-awittig).
7. Select two random subnets and the only available VPC as Parameters.
8. Click Next button.
9. Skip next step by clicking on Next button.
10. Under Estimate cost, you will find a Cost link. CLick this link. A new tab will open
11. Explore the calculated costs.
12. Go back to the CLoudFormation tab and click Cancel to stop exit the wizzard.
13. Congratulations! You are done with the lab!