How automation can optimise the lifecycle of AWS Dedicated Hosts and help save money

One of the key benefits of hosting applications in the AWS cloud is the pay-as-you-go pricing model. This means that you only pay for the resources you use, and there are no additional costs when you stop using them. Customers who run their workloads on Amazon EC2 instances (a virtual server) can save money by stopping instances during off-business hours. However, this does not apply to EC2 instances that are running on Dedicated host, as you are still billed for the underlying host. This blog post will explore cost optimisation methods by automating the lifecycle of Dedicated Hosts.

Target Audience

For AWS customers who want to use Dedicated Hosts for a short time periodically, this solution automates the process of provisioning and deprovisioning the hosts.

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