我一直在AWS上通过EIP付费

Question

I've made a few EIPs in Tokyo region before and I released all of them already and there is no EIP anymore.

the way i released them is not the right way in the official doc. i just terminated instances that were using the EIPs and then released them later.

But I've noticed that I've been charged from EIP and the billing cost is getting up little by little since time past.

Do you think the way i released EIP was wrong so i get keep charged??

I really need to get help to prevent from getting charged I don't need to pay.

please let me know what i should do. thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I once had a similar problem , as you know the recommended way to release EIP from documentation.

Now coming to part where you were billed even after terminating instance it is due to EIP not being used and still being locked to your account.

As yo know there is shortage of IPV4 thus keeping Static IP in your account and not using them caused you to be billed.

You can contact AWS Billing Support and let them know you were unaware of the charges and I am sure they would be happy to waive it off for you.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

1. Make sure there's really no EIP - in every region
2. Go to CostExplorer and dig down to exact data: what are you billed for? There are a lot of filters to separate things