2021 October 16
Since it looks like this thing is going to stay around for a while, I purchased an AWS t3.medium reserved instance with a term of one year so we aren't paying hourly rates to run it. This will result in a savings of 33% compared to on-demand rates. Reserved instance details are: Instance Id: 6450c890-23c8-46fb-aba3-8989e9ee2e05 Type: t3.medium Platform: Linux/UNIX Scope: Region Instance count: 1 Term: 12 months Start: October 16, 2021, 23:32 (UTC+2:00) Expires: October 16, 2022, 23:32 (UTC+2:00) Payment: All Upfront Upfront Price: $247.00 Usage Price: $0.00 Recurring: Hourly: $0.00 Offering Class: standard Tenancy: default After a few minutes, the instance went from "payment pending" to "active".