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I would like to know how to safely cleanup Elastic Bean Resources to avoid getting charged surprisingly

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I have opened AWS account under free tier for learning AWS. I created some sample project in Elastic Bean. I cleaned up all resources by deleting them after my testing. However I can see that the usage graph shows on constantly increasing making less hours available for remaining practice. How can I know what is the exact issue that is eating up my available resources under free tier?

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To safely clean up Elastic Beanstalk resources and avoid unexpected charges, follow these steps:

  1. Delete all application versions: In the Elastic Beanstalk console, navigate to the Applications and Application versions pages. Use the Actions menu to delete versions, making sure to enable the "Delete versions from Amazon S3" option.

  2. Terminate the environment: Go to the Environment list, select the environment you want to terminate, use the Actions menu, and confirm by typing the environment name.

  3. Delete the application: Navigate to the application in the console, use the Actions menu, and confirm by typing the application name.

To identify what might be consuming your free tier resources:

  1. Use AWS Cost Explorer to identify specific services and regions incurring charges.

  2. Check your billing dashboard and expand the Elastic Compute Cloud section to see which regions have EC2 resources.

  3. Review the "Bills" section in the Billing and Cost Management Dashboard for a detailed breakdown of charges.

  4. Use EC2 Global View to check for resources across all AWS regions, not just your primary region.

  5. Look for hidden resources like EBS snapshots, Elastic IP addresses, or NAT gateways that might not be immediately visible.

  6. Check for data transfer charges between regions or to the internet.

To prevent future issues:

  1. Set up AWS Budgets or Free Tier usage alerts to notify you when approaching limits.

  2. Regularly monitor your usage through the AWS Billing Dashboard.

  3. Be aware of Free Tier limits for each service you're using.

  4. Remember to terminate (not just stop) instances and delete associated resources like EBS volumes when not in use.

If you've done all this and still can't locate the source of resource consumption, consider opening a support case with AWS for further assistance.
Sources
Cleaning up AWS resources in your Elastic Beanstalk environment - AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Closing All Resources | AWS re:Post
Why am I getting charged although I deleted my instances and volumes a few weeks ago? | AWS re:Post
Free tier Ec2, how to avoid overages | AWS re:Post

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