Amazon VPC, Trusted Advisor and service limits

[gp24]

Is it me or does the question at the end of my post have incorrect wording?

In the first part: it says about resources in an Amazon VPC not going over service limits.

Can someone explain how Trusted Advisor does that, and how a resource can go beyond its limits?

Q:

A Solutions Architect needs to ensure that all of the AWS resources in Amazon VPC don’t go beyond their respective service limits. The Architect should prepare a system that provides real-time guidance in provisioning resources that adheres to the AWS best practices.

Which of the following is the MOST appropriate service to use to satisfy this task?

AWS Cost Explorer

AWS Budgets

Sol: AWS Trusted Advisor

Amazon Inspector

[Privat33r]

Service limits (old name)/quotas are meant.

Quotas, also referred to as limits in AWS services, are the maximum values for the resources, actions, and items in your AWS account.

Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas/latest/userguide/intro.html

You can track when services exceed 80% or reach 100% using Trusted Advisor.

Documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awssupport/latest/user/service-limits.html

This feature in AWS Management console: https://console.aws.amazon.com/trustedadvisor/home#/category/service-limits

• This reply was modified 3 months, 3 weeks ago by  Privat33r.

[gp24]

thanks for the clarification

[Neil-TutorialsDojo]

Hello gp24 and Private33r,

Good day!
Private33r is right. In addition to what Private33r said, the term “resources in an Amazon VPC not going over service limits” might be confusing because AWS resources like EC2 instances, RDS databases, etc., have predefined service limits (also known as quotas). These limits are not specific to the VPC but to the account’s usage of those resources in general.
Generally, resources cannot go beyond their AWS service limits (quotas). Once you reach a limit, AWS won’t allow additional resources to be created unless you request a limit increase ( https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awssupport/latest/user/service-limits.html ). Trusted Advisor helps alert you when you are close to these limits so you can take action before you hit them.
I hope this helps.

Regards,
Neil @ Tutorials Dojo