The quota management feature of ApsaraVideo Live is integrated with Quota Center. You can apply for quotas for your ApsaraVideo Live service and query the quotas and quota usage in the Quota Center console. You can also create quota alert rules. This topic describes how to manage quotas of ApsaraVideo Live.

Overview

Quota Center allows you to perform centralized management of quotas of your Alibaba Cloud services. This section describes the features and benefits of Quota Center.

Features
  • Quota query: allows you to query the quotas of services, query whether you can apply for quota increases, and query the upper limit on quota increases.
  • Quota applications: allows you to submit quota applications and query the progress of each application.
  • Quota alerts: allows you to configure quota alert rules based on percentage values or absolute values. Quota alerts notify you of quota status at the earliest opportunity. This way, you can adjust quotas based on your business requirements.
Benefits
  • All-in-one: Quota Center provides a set of quota management features.
  • Transparent: Quota Center displays the default quotas on services and quotas after increases.
  • Automated: Quota Center supports quota alerts, which can notify you of quota status at the earliest opportunity.
  • Efficient: Quota Center allows you to submit applications, which are more efficient than tickets.

Usage notes

Important You can manage quotas of ApsaraVideo Live only in the China (Beijing), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), and Singapore regions.
  • If you want to expand your business and the quota that you want to apply for exceeds the limits described in the Limits topic, you must submit an application. Alibaba Cloud reviews your application and increases the quota based on your business requirements. For more information, see Submit an application to increase a quota.
  • You can perform operations in Quota Center by using your Alibaba Cloud account or as a RAM user. If you log on to Quota Center as a RAM user, you must grant permissions to the RAM user in advance. For more information, see Authorize a RAM User.
  • The quota for source streams indicates the maximum number of streams that can be concurrently ingested or pulled. The quota for transcoded streams indicates the maximum number of streams that can be concurrently transcoded. If your business is expected to grow beyond the quotas, you can apply for quota increases. You must provide detailed information in the application, including the scenarios, required data processing capacity, and the time when the new quotas take effect.
  • If the ratio of the inbound bandwidth for stream ingest to the outbound bandwidth for streaming is greater than 1:50, Alibaba Cloud business personnel will notify you of the charges. If you do not receive the notification, no fees are charged.
  • When you apply for increasing the quota on transcoded streams, you must configure a transcoding template or specify the transcoding information in the description, such as the resolution and definition for transcoding.
  • If the quota value that you require exceeds the upper limit in Quota Center, contact your Alibaba Cloud account manager or consult Alibaba Cloud by using other channels.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Quota Center console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Products > General Quota.
  3. On the Products with General Quotas page, select Media Service & CDN from the Category drop-down list.
  4. Click ApsaraVideo Live to go to the quota management page. Then, you can perform the following operations: