[tor-talk] Tor bridges in the Amazon cloud

[Katya Titov]

nano:
> I took another run at this and managed to get a bridge running under
> the free usage tier.
> 
> It works fine, but I have an Amazon problem (that some here may know
> how to solve).
> 
> I am trying to setup a Billing Alert[1] to notify me when I exceed my 
> free usage limit. However, despite setting up the instance >12 hours
> ago and enabling Billing Alerts in account preferences, I am still
> receiving the following message in the Alarms panel {
> 
> No billing metrics found. If you recently enabled billing metrics, it 
> may take up to 6 hours for them to appear here. If they do not appear 
> please visit the Billing Console, you may need to adjust your 
> preferences to receive billing alerts.
> }
> 
> I recall a discussion not too long ago where the suggestion of
> Billing Alerts was made to avoid incurring unexpected fees at the end
> of the month. I was hoping someone knows what I need to do to
> activate this. Thanks.

I can't remember clearly now (was too long ago) but I never received any
alarms until I started to get billed. It is certainly working now for
me since I have gone beyond the free tier.
-- 
kat