Alibaba Cloud sets default quotas on the cloud resources and API operations for each Alibaba Cloud account. This topic describes the quotas of Elastic IP Address (EIP).
Quotas are set on a per-region or per-account basis. Quotas are categorized into the following types:
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 QPS limits.
Privileges: the permissions to use advanced features. Privileges are granted by Alibaba Cloud to an account.
EIP supports general quotas, API rate limits, and privileges. You can adjust some quotas. You can go to the Quota Center page or Quota Management page to request a quota increase. For more information about how to manage quotas, see Manage EIP quotas.
The quotas listed in this topic are for reference only. The quotas in the console shall prevail.
General quotas
The following table lists the general quotas of EIP.
Name | Description | Limit | Adjustable |
eip_quota_instances_num | Maximum number of EIPs that each Alibaba Cloud account can have. | 20 |
API rate limits
The following table lists the API rate limits of EIP.
Operation name | Version | Limit | Description | Adjustable |
AllocateEipAddress | 2016-04-28 | 120/60(s) | Maximum number of times that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the AllocateEipAddress operation per minute. | |
AssociateEipAddress | 2016-04-28 | 120/60(s) | Maximum number of times that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the AssociateEipAddress operation per minute. | |
DescribeEipAddresses | 2016-04-28 | 600/60(s) | Maximum number of times that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the DescribeEipAddresses operation per minute. | |
ReleaseEipAddress | 2016-04-28 | 600/60(s) | Maximum number of times that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the ReleaseEipAddress operation per minute. | |
UnassociateEipAddress | 2016-04-28 | 120/60(s) | Maximum number of times that each Alibaba Cloud account can call the UnassociateEipAddress operation per minute. |
Privileges and quotas
The default value of an EIP privilege is 0, which indicates that the corresponding feature is unavailable. You must obtain the privilege from Alibaba Cloud before you can use the feature. The following table describes the privileges of EIP.
Name | Description | Limit | Adjustable |
IP address pool | The IP address pool feature is supported by EIP. After you obtain the privilege, you can use specific CIDR blocks to create IP address pools. For more information about how to use IP address pools, see Create and manage an IP address pool. | 0 |