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    Virtual Private Cloud:Quotas

    Last Updated:Aug 25, 2023

    Alibaba Cloud sets default quotas on the cloud resources and API operations for each Alibaba Cloud account. This topic describes the quota items and default quotas of Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and whether the quotas are adjustable.

    Alibaba Cloud provides the following quota types based on accounts or regions:

    • General quotas: the limits on cloud resources that are available to an Alibaba Cloud account.

    • API rate limits: the limits on API calls that an Alibaba Cloud account can make in a specific period of time. API rate limits are also known as queries per second (QPS) limits.

    • Privileges: the permissions to use advanced features. Privileges are granted by Alibaba Cloud to an account.

    VPC is subject to general quotas, API rate limits, and privileges. You can apply for increases on some of the quotas. You can view and manage quotas in Alibaba Cloud Quota Center or in the VPC console. For more information about how to manage VPC quotas, see Manage VPC quotas.

    General quotas

    The following table describes the general quotas of VPC.

    Note

    The quotas listed in this topic are for reference only. The actual quotas in the console shall prevail.

    Limits and quotas on VPCs and vSwitches

    Quota name

    Details

    Limit

    Adjustable

    vpc_quota_instances_num_${RegionId}

    Note

    ${RegionId} indicates the region. Quota names in different regions are different.

    Maximum number of VPCs that can be created in each region

    10

    Yes

    vpc_quota_vswitches_num

    Maximum number of vSwitches that can be created in each VPC

    150

    Yes

    vpc_quota_secondary_cidr_num

    Maximum number of secondary IPv4 CIDR blocks that can be created in each VPC

    5

    Yes

    N/A

    Maximum number of secondary IPv6 CIDR blocks that can be created in each VPC

    3

    No

    Maximum number of customer CIDR blocks that can be created in each VPC

    3

    Maximum number of private IP addresses that can be used by cloud resources in each VPC

    60,000

    Note
    • If an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance has only one private IP address, the ECS instance uses only one network address.
    • If an ECS instance is associated with multiple elastic network interfaces (ENIs), or multiple IP addresses are assigned to an ENI, the number of network addresses used by the ECS instance equals the total number of the IP addresses assigned to the ENIs that are associated with the ECS instance.

    Maximum number of tags that can be added to each VPC

    20

    Maximum number of tags that can be added to each vSwitch

    20

    Limits and quotas on vRouters and route tables

    Quota name

    Details

    Limit

    Adjustable

    vpc_quota_route_tables_num

    Maximum number of custom route tables that can be created in each VPC

    9

    Yes

    vpc_quota_route_entrys_num

    Maximum number of custom route entries that can be created in each route table

    200

    vpc_quota_havip_custom_route_entry

    Maximum number of custom routes that point to a high-availability virtual IP address (HAVIP)

    5

    N/A

    Maximum number of vRouters that can be created in each VPC

    1

    No

    Maximum number of tags that can be added to each route table

    20

    No

    Limits and quotas on Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) options sets

    Quota name

    Details

    Limit

    Adjustable

    N/A

    Maximum number of DHCP options sets that can be created with each Alibaba Cloud account

    10

    No

    Maximum number of VPCs that can be associated with each DHCP options set

    10

    Maximum number of DHCP options sets that can be associated with each VPC

    1

    Maximum number of domain names that can be specified in each DHCP options set

    1

    Maximum number of DNS server IP addresses that can be specified in each DHCP options set

    4

    Limits and quotas on shared VPCs

    Quota name

    Details

    Limit

    Adjustable

    vpc_quota_sharedvpc_share_user_num_per_vpc

    Maximum number of participants supported by each VPC

    50

    Yes

    vpc_quota_sharedvpc_share_user_num_per_vswitch

    Maximum number of participants supported by each vSwitch in a VPC

    50

    vpc_quota_sharedvpc_accept_shared_vswitch_num

    Maximum number of vSwitches that can be shared with each participant

    30

    Limits and quotas on flow logs

    Quota name

    Details

    Limit

    Adjustable

    N/A

    Maximum number of flow logs that can be created in each region

    10

    No

    Limits and quotas on network access control lists (ACLs)

    Quota name

    Details

    Limit

    Adjustable

    N/A

    Maximum number of network ACLs that can be created in each VPC

    20

    No

    vpc_quota_nacl_ingress_entry

    Maximum number of rules that can be added to a network ACL

    20

    Yes

    vpc_quota_nacl_egress_entry

    Maximum number of rules that can be added to a network ACL

    20

    Limits and quotas on HAVIPs

    Quota name

    Details

    Limit

    Adjustable

    N/A

    Maximum number of HAVIPs that can be associated with each ECS instance

    5

    No

    Maximum number of ECS instances or ENIs that can be associated with each HAVIP

    10

    Maximum number of HAVIPs that can be created with each Alibaba Cloud account

    50

    Maximum number of HAVIPs that can be created in each VPC

    50

    Maximum number of route entries that point to an HAVIP in each VPC

    5

    Limits and quotas on traffic mirroring

    Quota name

    Details

    Limit

    Adjustable

    trafficmirror_quota_source_num_per_session

    Maximum number of traffic mirror sources that can be specified in each traffic mirror session

    10

    Yes

    N/A

    The maximum number of traffic mirror sessions that you can create in each region with each Alibaba Cloud account

    20000

    No

    The maximum number of traffic mirror sessions supported by each traffic mirror source

    3

    The maximum number of rules that can be specified in each filter

    10

    The maximum number of traffic mirror sessions that can be associated with each filter

    2000

    Limits and quotas on VPC peering connections

    Quota name

    Details

    Limit

    Adjustable

    vpc_quota_peer_num_per_vpc

    The maximum number of VPC peering connections supported by each VPC

    10

    Yes

    vpc_quota_peer_num

    The maximum number of VPC peering connections supported by each Alibaba Cloud account in each region

    20

    vpc_quota_peer_cross_border_bandwidth

    The maximum bandwidth supported by cross-border connections

    1024 Mbps

    vpc_quota_peer_cross_region_bandwidth

    The maximum bandwidth supported by inter-region connections

    1024 Mbps

    Limits and quotas on IPv4 gateways

    Quota name

    Details

    Limit

    Adjustable

    N/A

    The maximum number of IPv4 gateways that can be created in a VPC

    1

    No

    The maximum number of gateway route tables that can be associated with an IPv4 gateway

    1

    Limits and quotas on prefix lists

    Quota name

    Details

    Limit

    Adjustable

    vpc_quota_prefixlist_num

    The maximum number of prefix lists that can be created by an Alibaba Cloud account

    10

    Yes

    vpc_quota_prefixlist_cidr_num_per_prefixlist

    The maximum number of entries supported by each prefix list

    50

    vpc_quota_prefixlist_accept_shared_prefixlist_num

    The maximum number of prefix lists that can be shared with each participant

    10

    vpc_quota_prefixlist_share_user_num_per_prefixlist

    The maximum number of participants with which each prefix list can be shared

    10

    vpc_quota_prefixlist_num

    Maximum number of prefix lists that a user can create in each region

    10

    API rate limits

    The following table describes the API rate limits of VPC.

    API

    Version

    Limit

    Details

    Adjustable

    CreateRouteEntry

    2016-04-28

    600/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the CreateRouteEntry operation

    No

    CreateVSwitch

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the CreateVSwitch operation

    No

    CreateVpc

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the CreateVpc operation

    No

    DeleteRouteEntry

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DeleteRouteEntry operation

    No

    DeleteVSwitch

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DeleteVSwitch operation

    No

    DeleteVpc

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DeleteVpc operation

    No

    DescribeIpv6Addresses

    2016-04-28

    600/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DescribeIpv6Addresses operation

    No

    DescribeNatGateways

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DescribeNatGateways operation

    No

    DescribeRouteEntryList

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DescribeRouteEntryList operation

    No

    DescribeRouteTableList

    2016-04-28

    120/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DescribeRouteTableList operation

    No

    DescribeVSwitchAttributes

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DescribeVSwitchAttributes operation

    No

    DescribeVSwitches

    2016-04-28

    360/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DescribeVSwitches operation

    No

    DescribeVpcAttribute

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DescribeVpcAttribute operation

    No

    DescribeVpcs

    2016-04-28

    360/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DescribeVpcs operation

    No

    ListTagResources

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the ListTagResources operation

    No

    ModifyRouteEntry

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the ModifyRouteEntry operation

    No

    ModifyVSwitchAttribute

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the ModifyVSwitchAttribute operation

    No

    ModifyVpcAttribute

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the ModifyVpcAttribute operation

    No

    TagResources

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the TagResources operation

    No

    UnTagResources

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the UnTagResources operation

    No

    AllocateIpv6InternetBandwidth

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the AllocateIpv6 InternetBandwidth operation

    No

    AllocateVpcIpv6Cidr

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the AllocateVpcIpv6Cidr operation

    No

    CreateIpv6EgressOnlyRule

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the CreateIpv6EgressOnlyRule operation

    No

    CreateIpv6Gateway

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the CreateIpv6Gateway operation

    No

    DeleteIpv6EgressOnlyRule

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DeleteIpv6EgressOnlyRule operation

    No

    DeleteIpv6Gateway

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DeleteIpv6Gateway operation

    No

    DeleteIpv6InternetBandwidth

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DeleteIpv6 InternetBandwidth operation

    No

    DescribeIpv6EgressOnlyRules

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DescribeIpv6 EgressOnlyRules operation

    No

    DescribeIpv6GatewayAttribute

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DescribeIpv6 GatewayAttribute operation

    No

    DescribeIpv6Gateways

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DescribeIpv6Gateways operation

    No

    DescribeRegions

    2016-04-28

    600/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DescribeRegions operation

    No

    ModifyIpv6AddressAttribute

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the ModifyIpv6 AddressAttribute under each account

    No

    ModifyIpv6GatewayAttribute

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the ModifyIpv6 GatewayAttribute operation

    No

    ModifyIpv6GatewaySpec

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the ModifyIpv6GatewaySpec operation

    No

    ModifyIpv6InternetBandwidth

    2016-04-28

    300/60(s)

    Maximum frequency that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the ModifyIpv6 InternetBandwidth operation

    No

    Privileges

    When the default value of a privilege is 0, the corresponding advanced feature is unavailable. You must obtain the privilege from Alibaba Cloud before you can use the feature. The following table describes the privileges of VPC.

    Quota name

    Details

    Adjustable

    HAVIPs

    Allows customers who participate in invitational preview to use the HAVIP feature.

    Yes