IVS Service Quotas | Low-Latency Streaming
The following are service quotas and limits for Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS) endpoints, resources, and other operations. Service quotas (also known as limits) are the maximum number of service resources or operations for your AWS account. That is, these limits are per AWS account, unless noted otherwise in the table. Also see AWS Service Quotas.
You use an endpoint to connect programmatically to an AWS service. Also see AWS Service Endpoints.
All quotas are enforced per region.
Important: All accounts have limits on the number of concurrent views and concurrent streams. (A view is a unique viewing session which is actively downloading or playing video. For a more detailed definition, see the IVS Glossary.) Ensure that your limits are adequate and request an increase if needed, especially if you are planning a large streaming event.
Service Quota Increases
For quotas that are adjustable, you can request a rate increase through the AWS console
API call rate quotas are not adjustable.
API Call Rate Quotas
Endpoint Type | Endpoint | Default |
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Channel |
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5 TPS |
Channel |
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5 TPS |
Channel |
|
5 TPS |
Channel |
|
5 TPS |
Channel |
|
5 TPS |
Channel |
|
5 TPS |
Playback restriction policy |
|
5 TPS |
Playback restriction policy |
|
5 TPS |
Playback restriction policy |
|
5 TPS |
Playback restriction policy |
|
5 TPS |
Playback restriction policy |
|
5 TPS |
Private channel |
|
3 TPS |
Private channel |
|
3 TPS |
Private channel |
|
3 TPS |
Private channel |
|
3 TPS |
Private channel |
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2 TPS |
Private channel |
|
10 TPS |
Recording configuration |
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3 TPS |
Recording configuration |
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3 TPS |
Recording configuration |
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3 TPS |
Recording configuration |
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3 TPS |
Stream |
|
5 TPS |
Stream |
|
5 TPS |
Stream |
|
5 TPS |
Stream |
|
5 TPS |
Stream |
|
5 TPS per channel 155 TPS per account |
Stream |
|
5 TPS |
Stream key |
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5 TPS |
Stream key |
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5 TPS |
Stream key |
|
5 TPS |
Stream key |
|
5 TPS |
Stream key |
|
5 TPS |
Tags |
|
10 TPS |
Tags |
|
10 TPS |
Tags |
|
10 TPS |
Other Quotas
Resource or Feature | Default | Adjustable | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Channels | 5,000 | Yes | Maximum number of channels, per AWS Region. |
Concurrent streams | 100 | Yes | Maximum number of channels that can be streamed simultaneously, per AWS Region. If you exceed this threshold, the stream is rejected. |
Concurrent views | 15,000 | Yes | Maximum number of views allowed to play back a live channel, across all channels in an AWS Region. (A view is a unique viewing session which is actively downloading or playing video. See the Important note at the beginning of this page.) |
Ingest bitrate (if channel |
1.5 Mbps or 3.5 Mbps | No |
Maximum bits per second that can be streamed to a channel whose
Warning: If you exceed this threshold, the stream probably will
disconnect immediately. See the Amazon
IVS Low-Latency Streaming API Reference for details
about channel |
Ingest bitrate (if channel |
8.5 Mbps | No |
Maximum bits per second that can be streamed to a channel whose
|
Ingest bitrate (if channel |
8.5 Mbps | No |
Maximum bits per second that can be streamed to a channel whose
type is |
Ingest bitrate (if channel |
8.5 Mbps | No |
Maximum bits per second that can be streamed to a channel whose
type is |
Ingest resolution |
1080p (2.1M total pixels, 1920 pixels/edge) | No |
Maximum resolution in pixels that can be streamed to a channel
(regardless of its |
Metadata payload | 1 KB | No | Maximum size of a |
Playback authorization key pairs | 3 | No | Maximum number of playback authorization key pairs, per AWS Region. |
Playback restriction policies | 3 | No | Maximum number of playback restriction policies, per AWS Region. |
Playback restriction policy countries | 200 | No | Maximum size of the |
Playback restriction policy origins | 5 | No | Maximum size of the |
Playback restriction policy origin length | 256 | No | Maximum size (in characters) of an entry in the
|
Playback token size | 2 KB | No | Maximum size of the entire JSON web token (JWT) used to initiate playback. |
Recording configurations | 20 | Yes | Maximum number of recording configurations, per AWS Region. |
Stream key | 1 | No | Maximum number of stream keys, per channel. |
Stream takeovers | 100 | Yes | Maximum number of stream takeovers, per stream. |
Service Quotas Integration with CloudWatch Usage Metrics
You can use CloudWatch to proactively manage your service quotas, via CloudWatch usage metrics. You can use these metrics to visualize your current service usage on CloudWatch graphs and dashboards. Amazon IVS usage metrics correspond to Amazon IVS service quotas.
You can use a CloudWatch metric math function to display the service quotas for those resources on your graphs. You can also configure alarms that alert you when your usage approaches a service quota.
To access usage metrics:
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Open the Service Quotas console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas/
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In the navigation pane, select AWS services.
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From the AWS services list, search for and select Amazon Interactive Video Service.
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In the Service quotas list, select the service quota of interest. A new page opens with information about the service quota/metric.
Alternately, you can get to these metrics through the CloudWatch console. Under AWS Namespaces, choose Usage. Then, from the Service list, choose IVS. (See Monitoring Amazon IVS Low-Latency Streaming.)
In the AWS/Usage namespace, Amazon IVS provides the following metric:
Metric Name | Description |
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|
A count of the specified resources running in your account. The resources are defined by the dimensions associated with the metric. Valid statistic: Maximum (the maximum number of resources used during the 1-minute period). |
The following dimensions are used to refine the usage metric:
Dimension | Description |
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Service | The name of the AWS service containing the resource. Valid
value: |
Class | The class of resource being tracked. Valid value:
|
Type | The type of resource being tracked. Valid value:
|
Resource | The name of the AWS resource. Valid values:
The ConcurrentStreams and ConcurrentViews usage metrics are copies of the ones in the AWS/IVS namespace (with the None dimension), as described in Monitoring Amazon IVS Low-Latency Streaming. |
Creating a CloudWatch Alarm for Usage Metrics
To create a CloudWatch alarm based on an Amazon IVS usage metric:
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From the Service Quotas console, select the service quota of interest, as described above. Currently, alarms can be created only for ConcurrentStreams and ConcurrentViews.
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In the Amazon CloudWatch alarms section, choose Create.
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From the Alarm threshold dropdown list, choose the percentage of your applied quota value that you want to set as the alarm value.
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For Alarm name, enter a name for the alarm.
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Select Create.