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    Cloud Monitor:Quota monitoring

    Last Updated:Jun 21, 2026

    Quota monitoring helps you track the quota usage of cloud services in your Alibaba Cloud account. You can view detailed monitoring charts and the alert history for your quotas to understand resource usage. You can also configure alert rules to monitor your resources. When a rule is triggered, Cloud Monitor automatically sends an alert notification to keep you informed of your quota status.

    Background information

    A quota is the maximum value for a cloud resource or the maximum number of operations that an Alibaba Cloud account can perform. Quotas for some cloud services are account-level, and quotas for other cloud services are region-level.

    Viewing quota monitoring

    Procedure

    1. Log on to the Cloud Monitor console.

    2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Cloud Resource Monitoring > Cloud Service Monitoring.

    3. On the Cloud Service Monitoring page, click the Quota tab to view all cloud services that support quota monitoring.

    4. Select a cloud service that you want to monitor. In the drop-down window that appears, click the target cloud service under quota monitoring.

    5. On the general quota or API rate limit list page for the target cloud service, you can view the monitoring details, alert rule, and alert history in the Actions column for a specific quota item.

    Quota monitoring details

    The monitoring details page shows the status and usage of a cloud service's quota resources.

    Procedure

    1. On the general quota or API rate limit list page, find the target quota item and click monitoring details in the Actions column.

    2. In the Quota Monitoring Details dialog box, on the Monitoring & Analysis tab, you can view the Basic Information, Quota Dimension Information, and Dashboards sections.

    3. In the Dashboards section, you can select quota, usage, utilization rate (%), or availability rate (%) to display their corresponding charts. You can also filter the charts by time range.

    Creating a quota alert rule

    Method

    Procedure

    Global alert rule

    1. In the upper-right corner of the general quota or API rate limit list page, click Global Alert Rule to view existing alert rules. For more information, see the Configure an alert rule section in this topic.

    2. In the Global Alert Rule dialog box, view existing alert rules. You can filter the rules by Status, Quota Type, Rule Name, or Rule ID.

    Note

    A global alert rule applies to all quota items of a cloud service. If a quota item meets the rule conditions, Cloud Monitor sends an alert notification.

    Item-level alert rule

    1. On the general quota or API rate limit list page, find the target quota item and click Alert Rules in the Actions column to view the existing alert rules for the item. For more information, see the Configure an alert rule section in this topic.

    2. In the Quota Monitoring Details dialog box, on the Alert Rules tab, view existing alert rules. You can filter the rules by Status, Rule Name, or Rule ID.

    Note

    An item-level alert rule applies only to a specific quota item. If the rule conditions are met, Cloud Monitor sends an alert notification.

    Configuring an alert rule

    1. On the alert rule list page, click Create Alert Rule.

    2. In the Create Alert Rule panel, configure the following parameters and then click OK.

      1. Basic Information: Enter a Rule Name.

      2. Alert Object:

        1. For a global alert rule, select a Product and a Quota Type.

        2. For an item-level alert rule, you can skip this step.

      3. Alert Conditions:

        1. Set Alert Metric:

          1. For a global alert rule, you can select utilization rate or availability rate as the alert metric.

          2. For an item-level alert rule, you can select quota, usage, utilization rate, or availability rate as the alert metric.

        2. Set the Threshold and Alert Level. Set a threshold for each level: Critical, Warning, and Normal.

      4. Notification Method:

        1. Select a mute period.

        2. Set the Effective Period and specify an alert contact group.

        3. Advanced Settings: As needed, configure an alert callback URL and a push channel.

    Note

    For details about configuring alert rule parameters, see Create an alert rule.

    Quota alert history

    1. On the general quota or API rate limit list page, click Alert History in the Actions column for a specific item, or click Alert History in the upper-right corner for all items.

    2. In the Quota Monitoring Details dialog box, on the Alert History tab, filter the alert history by Triggered At, Status, Rule Name, Rule ID, or Notification Contact.