How to get a free tier AWS account for 12 months
Amazon web services (AWS) is an online on-demand cloud computing and API platform that offers users different services like hosting and deploying the application, managing the databases and static files, and scaling the applications dynamically (Load balancing).
Everyone can create a free AWS account and use the few free services for 12 months without paying anything. You will get a chance to explore the services like EC2, S3, RDS, API gateway, EBS, EFS, etc. Click here for the complete list of free services and their usage limits https://aws.amazon.com/free.
What do you need to get started?
1. Email and Phone number
2. Debit/Credit card
To create the account, type “AWS free tier account” or open this link in your favorite browser. https://aws.amazon.com/free and click on Create a Free Account button.
After redirecting from this page, you must type your email address and username and click on verify email address button.
One time verification code will be sent to your email. Copy and paste on the next page and click on Verify button.
Now you have to create a password for your account. Follow the instructions and type accordingly.
Then click on continue. In step 2, you must fill in the contact information and click the continue button.
Now you have to fill in the credit card details. After submitting the credit card details, you must enter the phone number and click on Send SMS button.
Enter the OTP sent to your mobile on the next screen and click continue.
Now, you must choose a Technical support plan according to your usage. If you are learning, you can select Basic Support which is entirely free, and click on the complete sign up button.
Now you will get a Congratulations🎉 page. Click on Go to the AWS Management console button to log in to your account.
Select the Root user and type your email and password. Click on Sign in.
Now you will be redirected to the AWS console Home page. You can explore the available services by clicking on the grid (services) icon from the top-left corner.
Kudos🤞🚀, you have successfully created your free AWS account.
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