Getting started with Service Quotas Automatic Management - Service Quotas
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Getting started with Service Quotas Automatic Management

Service Quotas Automatic Management monitors service quotas usage patterns and sends you notifications when your usage approaches your utilization thresholds. Automatic Management works with both adjustable and non-adjustable quotas to help you track your quota utilization. To allow Amazon to monitor quotas in your Amazon Web Services account, you need to start the Automatic Management. The following procedures walks through how you can start Automatic Management with either the Amazon Web Services Management Console or Amazon CLI.

Supported quotas

Not all service quotas support Automatic Management. Only quotas that have usage metrics available can be monitored. Automatic Management monitors both adjustable and non-adjustable quotas. However, only a subset of adjustable 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.

Amazon Web Services Management Console

Use the following steps to start Automatic Management using the Amazon Web Services Management Console.

  1. Open the Service Quotas console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/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 Amazon 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 Amazon 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 Amazon to monitor and notify you about in your Amazon Web Services 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.

Amazon CLI

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

Example Start Automatic Management for your account

The following example starts Automatic Management for an Amazon Web Services account in Canada (Central) Amazon Web Services 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 Amazon Web Services account in the Canada (Central) Amazon Web Services 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