AWS Amazon EC2 Service Limits

9 quotas for Amazon EC2. 8 can be increased.

Quota	Default	Status
On-Demand instances per regionCommon Maximum number of vCPUs for on-demand instances. Default varies by instance family. compute	Varies vCPUs	Adjustable
Elastic IPs per regionCommon Maximum number of Elastic IP addresses per region. networking	5 count	Adjustable
Security groups per VPC Maximum number of security groups per VPC. networking	2,500 count	Adjustable
Rules per security groupCommon Maximum number of inbound or outbound rules per security group. networking	60 count	Adjustable
Key pairs per region Maximum number of key pairs per region. configuration	5,000 count	Fixed
AMIs per region Maximum number of AMIs per region. storage	50,000 count	Adjustable
Spot Instance requests per regionCommon Maximum number of vCPUs for spot instances per region. compute	Varies vCPUs	Adjustable
Snapshots per region Maximum number of EBS snapshots per region. storage	100,000 count	Adjustable
Network interfaces per region Maximum number of network interfaces per region. networking	5,000 count	Adjustable

How to Request a Quota Increase

1Open the AWS Service Quotas console.
2Select Amazon EC2 from the service list.
3Find the quota and click "Request increase".
4Enter the desired value and submit. Most increases are approved within a few hours.

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Total Quotas9

Adjustable8

Fixed1

Commonly Hit4