Request a Quota Increase with Service Quotas

TUTORIAL

Overview

Service Quotas is an AWS service that helps you manage your quotas, formerly referred to as limits, for over 100 AWS services, from one location. In addition to viewing quota values, you can also request a quota increase from the Service Quotas console.

This tutorial shows you how to view and manage the service quotas for your AWS account. Your account has default quotas for each AWS service. Unless otherwise noted, each quota is specific to an AWS Region. You can request increases for some quotas; other quotas cannot be adjusted.

When you're done with this tutorial, you will understand how to view and manage service quotas for your AWS account.

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What you will accomplish

After completing this tutorial, you will understand how to view and manage service quotas for your AWS account.

Prerequisites

Before starting this guide, you will need:

An AWS account: If you don't already have an account, follow the Setting Up Your AWS Environment guide for a quick overview.

AWS experience

Beginner

Time to complete

10 minutes

Cost to complete

Free Tier eligible

Requires

AWS account*

*Accounts created within the past 24 hours might not yet have access to the services required for this tutorial.

Services used

Service Quotas

Last updated

February 3, 2023

Step 1: Create an AWS account

This tutorial is Free Tier eligible.

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Step 2: Access and customize the Service Quotas dashboard

Complete the following steps to access the Service Quotas dashboard and customize the cards that appear on the dashboard.

Note: For more information, see Getting started with Service Quotas in the Service Quotas documentation.

a. Navigate to the AWS Management Console. Enter Service quotas in the search bar and select the Service Quotas service.

b. On the Service Quotas dashboard, choose Modify dashboard cards.

c. In the Dashboard services preference box, customize the AWS services you want to include as cards on the dashboard:

Choose Remove to remove a service.
In the search box, enter a service name to add the service.

Note: Choose up to nine services you want to display on your dashboard.

Choose Save.

Step 3: Review quotas for a service

Complete the following steps to review your current quotas across various AWS services.

Note: For more information, see Viewing service quotas in the Service Quotas documentation.

a. In the Service Quotas navigation pane, choose AWS services.

b. Select a service from the list, or enter the name of the service in the search field.

c. For each quota, the console displays its name, applied value, default value, and whether the quota is adjustable. If the applied value is not available, the console displays a dash.

d. To view additional information about a quota, such as its description and Amazon Resource Name (ARN), choose the quota name.

Step 4: Request a service quota increase

Now that you have identified a service quota you want to increase, you can create a request to increase it.

Complete the following steps to request a service quota increase.

Note: For more information, see Requesting a quota increase in the Service Quotas documentation.

a. In the Service quotas section, select the radio button for the quota you want to increase and choose Request quota increase.

b. For Change quota value, enter the new value. The new value must be greater than the current value. Choose Request.

c. A confirmation message appears at the top of the screen.

After the request is resolved, the Applied quota value for the quota is set to the new value.

Step 5: View pending and resolved requests

Now that you have requested a service quota increase, you can view the status of pending requests.

Complete the following steps to view pending or resolved requests.

Note: For more information, see the Service Quotas User Guide.

a. In the navigation pane, choose Dashboard. Your pending and recently resolved service quota requests appear at the bottom of the dashboard.

For pending requests, choose the status of the request to open the request receipt. The initial status of a request is Pending. After the status changes to Quota requested, you will see the case number with AWS Support. Choose the case number to open the ticket for your request.