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1. Create an S3 bucket, for example, "costandusagebillingreport"

   1. Within the bucket, create a folder where AWS will store your reports. Give it the name of your report, for example "costandusagebillingreport"

   2. Note the billing bucket name, for example, "costandusagebillingreport"

2. Create a new user, such as "programmaticbilling" to create the reports

   1. Assign the AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess policy

   2. Activate the IAM user's access to billing information. See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/control-access-billing.html

3. Optionally configure legacy billing reports

   1. Go to Billing → Billing preferences

   2. Open the Detailed Billing Reports [Legacy] section

   3. Select the option to Turn on the legacy Detailed Billing Reports feature to receive ongoing reports of your AWS charges

   4. Click Configure and enter your S3 bucket details

   5. Select all of the available reports including

      1. Monthly report

      2. Detailed billing report

      3. Cost allocation report

      4. Detailed billing report with resources and tags

   6. Click Save preferences

4. Configure Cost & Usage Reports

   1. Go to Cost & Usage Reports

   2. Enter the Report  name, which you will need to enter in Abiquo later, then click Next

   3. Click Configure and select the S3 bucket. Click Next, then select  I have confirmed that this policy is correct.

   4. By default, Amazon will put the reports in a folder with the name format "/report-name/date-range/". Note this as the value for the report prefix in Abiquo. Click Next

   5. Review your configuration and check that the following parameters are set: 

      1. bucket name

      2. path (folder/subfolder)

      3. time detail: Hourly

      4. GZIP GZ or ZIP format

5. The AWS account with credentials to use in Abiquo should have the permissions in the AWS permissions table below.

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