AWS Billing

Required Information

How to Obtain Each Value

AWS Access Key ID / AWS Secret Access Key

Obtain these from IAM in the AWS Management Console.

1. Open "IAM" in the AWS Management Console
2. Select the target user under "Users"
3. Open the "Security credentials" tab and click "Create access key"
4. Save the displayed Access Key ID and Secret Access Key

Grant the IAM user the following permissions to access Cost Explorer:

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ce:Get*",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

AWS Region

Cost Explorer is a global service, but its API endpoint is always us-east-1. Enter us-east-1 unless you have a specific reason to use another endpoint.

Enable Cost Explorer

Cost Explorer must be enabled before it can be accessed via the API.

1. Open "Billing and Cost Management" in the AWS Management Console
2. Click "Cost Explorer" in the left sidebar
3. Click "Launch Cost Explorer" if it has not been enabled yet

It may take up to 24 hours for data to become available after enabling Cost Explorer for the first time.