Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Creating a Quota

Create a quota for a compartment by defining a policy statement.

    1. On the Quota Policies list page, select Create Quota. If you need help finding the list page, see Listing Quotas.

    2. In the Create Quota Policy dialog box, specify the following:

      • Name: Enter a name for the quota. Avoid entering confidential information.

      • Description: Enter a description.

      • Quota Policy: Define the quota policy statement. For more information on creating quota policies and statements, see Quota Policy Quick Start, Sample Quotas, and Quota Policy Syntax.

    3. Under Tags, add one or more tags to the quota policy by entering a tag namespace (for a defined tag), key, and value.
    4. (Optional) Select Save as stack to save the quota policy as a stack. For more information, see Creating a Stack from a Resource Creation Page.
    5. Select Create Quota Policy.
    Note

    New quota policies can take up to 10 minutes to start working.

  • Use the oci quota create command and required parameters to create a quota:

    oci limits quota create --compartment-id compartment_ocid --description description --name name --statements statements [OPTIONS]

    For example, to create a quota policy that disallows use of outbound email or notification for a tenancy:

    oci --profile=profile-name in oci config file limits quota create --compartment-id compartment_ocid --name name for quota policy --description "some quota" --statements file:///users/sme/statements.json

    Where statements.json is:

    [
"Zero email-delivery quotas in tenancy",
"Zero notifications quotas in tenancy"
]

    For a complete list of parameters and variable options for CLI commands, see the Command Line Reference.

  • Run the CreateQuota operation to create a quota.