Service Quotas and Amazon CloudWatch alarms
You can create Amazon CloudWatch alarms on the Service Quotas console to notify you when you're close to a quota value threshold. Setting an alarm can help you know if you need to request a quota increase.
To create a CloudWatch alarm for a quota
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Open the Service Quotas console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas/
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In the navigation pane, choose AWS services and then select a service.
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Select a quota that supports CloudWatch alarms.
If you have utilization, it appears beneath the quota description. The CloudWatch alarms section appears at the bottom of the page.
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In Amazon CloudWatch alarms, choose Create.
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For Alarm threshold, choose a threshold.
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For Alarm name, enter a name for the alarm. This name must be unique within the AWS account.
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Choose Create.
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To add a notification to the CloudWatch alarm, see Creating a CloudWatch Alarm Based on a CloudWatch Metric in the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.
To delete a CloudWatch alarm
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Choose the service quota that has the alarm.
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Select the alarm.
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Choose Delete.