Question

How does cost allocation work with AWS Consolidated Billing?

Answer 1

AWS allows you to allocate costs to different accounts or projects using cost allocation tags. Tags can be applied to various AWS resources, and these tags can be used to generate cost and usage reports.

Example: Applying a Cost Allocation Tag:

1. Create the tag:

   aws resourcegroupstaggingapi tag-resources \
       --resource-arn-list arn:aws:ec2:region:account-id:instance/instance-id \
       --tags Project=MyProject

2. Activate the tag for cost allocation:

   aws ce create-cost-allocation-tag \
       --tag-key Project