Service Quotas Automatic Management
Service Quotas Automatic Management monitors your service quotas usage and notifies you before you run out of your allocated quotas. You gain better visibility and proactive awareness, enabling you to run your applications without interruptions.
Key features of Automatic Management
- Opt-in options
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Enable Automatic Management using the Service Quotas console, AWS CLI, or API.
- Usage notifications
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Receive notifications when quota usage reaches the following utilization thresholds:
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80% utilization
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95% utilization
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- Auto-Adjust
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Automatic Management can make a service quota increase request on your behalf with Notify and Auto-Adjust mode.
- Notification channels
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Configure notifications through multiple channels:
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AWS Console Mobile Application
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Email
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Slack
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- Integration options
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Subscribe to Amazon EventBridge events for automation workflows
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View notifications in the AWS Health dashboard
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Service Quotas Automatic Management modes
There are two modes with Automatic Management: Notify and Auto-Adjust and Notify Only. Both modes send you notifications about supported service quotas usage to the AWS Health dashboard.
The following table highlights different features for each mode.
| Mode | Creates service quota increase request when service usage exceeds 80% of utilization threshold | Creates service quota increase request when service usage exceeds 95% of utilization threshold | Sends notifications when your service increase request fails | Monitors service quotas usage and sends notifications when approaching 80% service utilization threshold | Monitors service quotas usage and sends notifications when approaching 95% service utilization thresholds |
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| Notify and Auto Adjust | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Notify Only | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
How service quota increase requests work with Notify and Auto-Adjust mode
Automatic Management monitors your service usage and sends these metrics to CloudWatch. When your usage for adjustable services quotas are greater than the utilization threshold, Automatic Management generates a service quota increase for that quota.
Service Quotas Automatic Management permissions
To start Automatic Management, you'll need permissions to view AWS Health notifications and use the Service Quotas console, AWS CLI, or API actions.
Permissions to use Automatic Management
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You should use the following AWS Managed Policies for Automatic Management.
Permissions to view Automatic Management
For more information on creating IAM policies, see the following links.
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IAM tutorial: Create and attach your first customer managed policy in the AWS Identity and Access Management User Guide
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Define custom IAM permissions with customer managed policies in the AWS Identity and Access Management User Guide
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Create IAM policies (console) in the AWS Identity and Access Management User Guide