Getting started with Service Quotas Automatic Management - Service Quotas

Getting started with Service Quotas Automatic Management

Service Quotas Automatic Management monitors service quotas usage patterns and sends you notifications when your usage approach your usage approach your utilization thresholds. To allow AWS to monitor quotas in your AWS account, you need to start the Automatic Management. The following procedures walks through how you can start Automatic Management with either the AWS Management Console or AWS CLI.

Supported quotas

Not all service quotas support Automatic Management. Only quotas that have usage metrics available and are marked as adjustable can be monitored. Additionally, only a subset of these quotas support auto-adjustment. To view which quotas are supported in your account, navigate to the Automatic Management section in the Service Quotas console, which displays only the quotas that support Automatic Management in your account and region.

AWS Management Console

Use the following steps to start Automatic Management using the AWS Management Console.

  1. Open the Service Quotas console at https://eusc-de-east-1.console.amazonaws-eusc.eu/servicequotas/.

  2. In the navigation pane, select Automatic Management.

    1. Alternatively, in the Service Quotas dashboard, under Automatic Management, select Start.

      Important

      This starts Automatic Management for all available Service Quotas and only sends notifications to the AWS Health Dashboard.

  3. Under Automatic Management Mode, Select Notify Only. There are two modes: Notify Only and Notify and Auto-Adjust. To learn more, see Service Quotas Automatic Management modes..

    Note

    Automatic Management monitors all the monitored service quotas and sends notifications to AWS Health Dashboard. Optionally, you can send notifications to your preferred channels in the next steps. Otherwise, choose Skip to Review and Confirm to continue.

    1. (Optional) You can enable User Notification Service to receive notifications on your preferred channel like email, app, or chat channels. Select your preferred notification method and then choose Next.

    2. (Optional) You can select exceptions for service quotas you do not want AWS to monitor and notify you about in your AWS account. Select your preferred exceptions and then choose Next.

  4. Review your options on the Review and Confirm page. Make any edits and choose Submit.

  5. Confirm your selection in the confirmation pop-up box.

AWS CLI

Using Automatic Management with the AWS CLI requires you to provide Service Quotas with the necessary permission to create a AWS Support case on your behalf. You can provide this permission by attaching the AWS managed policy ServiceQuotasFullAccess to your IAM principal.

Example Start Automatic Management for your account

The following example starts Automatic Management for an AWS account in Canada (Central) AWS Region. Replace the italicized placeholder text in the example command with your information.

aws service-quotas start-auto-management \
  --opt-in-level ACCOUNT \
  --opt-in-type NotifyOnly \
  --region ca-central-1

Automatic Management supports adding your User Notification (UNO) to receive notifications in your preferred channels like app, chat, or email. To add UNO configuration, provide your UNO ARN configuration with the parameter --notification-arn.

Example Start Automatic Management with UNO configuration

The following example starts Automatic Management for a UNO ARN in an AWS account in the Canada (Central) AWS Region. Replace the italicized placeholder text in the example command with your information.

aws service-quotas start-auto-management \
  --opt-in-level ACCOUNT \
  --opt-in-type NotifyOnly \
  --region ca-central-1 \
  --notification-arn arn:aws:notifications::111122223333:configuration/abc123def456gh789