Free tier usage monitoring in AWS - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the AWS CLI command to check free tier usage alerts.

AWS

aws ce get-[1] --time-period Start=2023-01-01,End=2023-01-31 --metrics "UsageQuantity"

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Ausage-forecasts

Bbudgets

Ccost-and-usage

Dbilling

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Common Mistakes

Using 'budgets' instead of 'cost-and-usage' will not show detailed usage data.

Using 'billing' is incorrect because it does not provide usage metrics.

The cost-and-usage command fetches detailed usage data, including free tier usage.

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medium

Complete the AWS CLI command to create a budget alert for free tier usage.

AWS

aws budgets create-budget --account-id 123456789012 --budget [1]

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A"{\"BudgetName\": \"FreeTierUsage\", \"BudgetLimit\": {\"Amount\": \"15\", \"Unit\": \"HOURS\"}, \"TimeUnit\": \"DAILY\", \"BudgetType\": \"USAGE\"}"

B"{\"BudgetName\": \"FreeTierUsage\", \"BudgetLimit\": {\"Amount\": \"15\", \"Unit\": \"GB\"}, \"TimeUnit\": \"MONTHLY\", \"BudgetType\": \"USAGE\"}"

C"{\"BudgetName\": \"FreeTierUsage\", \"BudgetLimit\": {\"Amount\": \"15\", \"Unit\": \"USD\"}, \"TimeUnit\": \"MONTHLY\", \"BudgetType\": \"COST\"}"

D"{\"BudgetName\": \"FreeTierUsage\", \"BudgetLimit\": {\"Amount\": \"15\", \"Unit\": \"USD\"}, \"TimeUnit\": \"MONTHLY\", \"BudgetType\": \"USAGE\"}"

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Common Mistakes

Setting BudgetType to COST instead of USAGE will track cost, not usage.

Using HOURS as unit when monitoring storage usage is incorrect.

The budget is set for usage in GB monthly, which fits typical free tier usage monitoring.

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hard

Fix the error in the AWS CLI command to describe free tier usage alerts.

AWS

aws budgets describe-[1] --account-id 123456789012 --budget-name FreeTierUsage

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Abudgets

Balert

Cnotifications

Dalerts

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Common Mistakes

Using 'alert' causes a command not found error.

Using 'budgets' is incorrect because it lists budgets, not alerts.

The correct subcommand is alerts to list budget alerts.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a dictionary comprehension that filters free tier usage data for services with usage over 1000 units.

AWS

usage_over_1000 = {service: data[1] for service, data in usage_data.items() if data [2] 1000}

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A.get('UsageQuantity', 0)

B>

C>=

D['UsageQuantity']

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Common Mistakes

Using ['UsageQuantity'] can cause errors if the key is missing.

Using '>=' includes 1000, but the task asks for over 1000.

Use .get('UsageQuantity', 0) to safely access usage quantity, and > to filter values over 1000.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a filtered dictionary of services with usage below 500 units and convert service names to uppercase.

AWS

filtered_usage = [1]: data for service, data in usage_data.items() if data[2] 500 and service[3] 's3'

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Aservice.upper()

B<

C!=

Dservice.lower()

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Common Mistakes

Using '==' instead of '!=' includes the 's3' service, which is not desired.

Using '>' instead of '<' filters the wrong usage range.

Convert service names to uppercase, filter usage less than 500, and exclude 's3' service.