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Querying Quotas

Function

This API is used to query the quotas of load balancers and related resources in a specific project. The API returns only the total quota, not the used quota. To query the used quota, you can call the API (GET /v3/{project_id}/elb/quotas/details) to query quota usage details.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

GET /v3/{project_id}/elb/quotas

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition: Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints: N/A

Range: The value can contain a maximum of 32 characters, including digits and lowercase letters.

Default value: N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition: Specifies the token used for IAM authentication.

Constraints: N/A

Range: N/A

Default value: N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 3 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

request_id

String

Definition: Specifies the request ID.

Range: The value is automatically generated, and can contain characters including digits, lowercase letters, and hyphens (-).

quota

Quota object

Definition: Specifies the quotas of load balancers and associated resources. Only the total quotas are returned. Remaining available quotas will not be returned.
Table 4 Quota

Parameter

Type

Description

project_id

String

Definition: Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Range: The value can contain a maximum of 32 characters, including digits and lowercase letters.

loadbalancer

Integer

Definition: Specifies the load balancer quota.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

certificate

Integer

Definition: Specifies the certificate quota.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

listener

Integer

Definition: Specifies the listener quota.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

l7policy

Integer

Definition: Specifies the forwarding policy quota.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

condition_per_policy

Integer

Definition: Specifies the maximum number of forwarding conditions per forwarding policy.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

pool

Integer

Definition: Specifies the backend server group quota.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

healthmonitor

Integer

Definition: Specifies the health check quota.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

member

Integer

Definition: Specifies the backend server quota.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

members_per_pool

Integer

Definition: Specifies the maximum number of backend servers in a backend server group.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

listeners_per_pool

Integer

Definition: Specifies the maximum number of listeners that can be associated with a backend server group.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

ipgroup

Integer

Definition: Specifies the IP address group quota.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

ipgroup_bindings

Integer

Definition: Specifies the maximum number of listeners that can be associated with an IP address group.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

ipgroup_max_length

Integer

Definition: Specifies the maximum number of IP entries that can be added to an IP address group.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

ipgroups_per_listener

Integer

Definition: Specifies the maximum number of IP address groups that can be associated with a listener.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

security_policy

Integer

Definition: Specifies the custom security policy quota.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

listeners_per_loadbalancer

Integer

Definition: Specifies the maximum number of listeners that can be associated with a load balancer.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

NOTE:
The maximum number of listeners that can be added to each load balancer is not limited, but it is recommended that the listeners not exceed the default quota.

pools_per_l7policy

Integer

Definition: Specifies the maximum number of backend server groups that can be associated with a forwarding policy.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

l7policies_per_listener

Integer

Definition: Specifies the maximum number of forwarding policies that can be associated with a listener.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

free_instance_members_per_pool

Integer

Definition: Specifies the maximum number of backend servers that can be added to a backend server group for free.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

free_instance_listeners_per_loadbalancer

Integer

Definition: Specifies the maximum number of listeners that can be associated with a load balancer for free.

Range:

  • If the value is greater than or equal to 0, it indicates the current quota.

  • -1 indicates that the quota is not limited.

Example Requests

Querying the quotas of resources associated with a load balancer

GET https://{ELB_Endpoint}/v3/99a3fff0d03c428eac3678da6a7d0f24/elb/quotas

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Successful request.

{
  "request_id" : "c6f3d7fe99bb1d8aa29e148097dab0d0",
  "quota" : {
    "member" : 10000,
    "members_per_pool" : 1000,
    "certificate" : -1,
    "l7policy" : 2000,
    "listener" : 1500,
    "loadbalancer" : 100000,
    "healthmonitor" : -1,
    "pool" : 5000,
    "ipgroup" : 1000,
    "ipgroup_bindings" : 50,
    "ipgroup_max_length" : 300,
    "ipgroups_per_listener" : 2,
    "security_policy" : 50,
    "project_id" : "060576798a80d5762fafc01a9b5eedc7",
    "condition_per_policy" : 10,
    "listeners_per_pool" : 50,
    "listeners_per_loadbalancer" : 50,
    "free_instance_listeners_per_loadbalancer" : 5,
    "free_instance_members_per_pool" : 10,
    "l7policies_per_listener" : 100,
    "pools_per_l7policy" : 5
  }
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Successful request.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Quota