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name: vpc-vpc-quota-metrics
title: VPC resource quota overview metrics definitions for quota dashboard
description: Some VPC resources have quotas. The following metrics definitions explain the consumption numbers that are related to the quotas with the associated limit that you see when you use the quota dashboard.
last-updated: 2025-04-30
---

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# VPC resource quota overview metrics definitions for quota dashboard
{: #vpc-quota-metrics}

Some VPC resources have quotas. The following metrics definitions explain the consumption numbers that are related to the quotas with the associated limit that you see when you use the [quota dashboard](https://cloud.ibm.com/account/resource-quotas){: external}.

## Quota metrics available by resource type
{: #metrics-by-plan}

Resources that offer quota metrics, detailed in Table 1.

| Resource type | Resource quota name | Location | Secondary resource ID |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| `share` | `share` | {region} | {account ID} |
| `volume` | `volume` | {region} | {account ID} |
| `load-balancer` | `load-balancer` | {region} | {account ID} |
| `instance` | `instance-vcpu` | {region} | {account ID} |
| `instance` | `instance-memory` | {region} | {account ID} |
| `dedicated host` | `instance-vcpu` | {region} | {account ID} |
| `vpc` | `vpc` | {region} | {account ID} |
| `security-group` | `security-group` | {region} | {VPC ID} |
| `security-group` | `security-group-rule` | {region} | {security group ID} |
| `subnet` | `subnet` | {region} | {VPC ID} |
| `floating-ip` | `floating-ip` | {region} | {account ID} |
| `reserved-ip` | `reserved-ip` | {region} | {account ID} |
| `network-acl` | `network-acl` | {region} | {VPC ID} |
| `network-acl` | `network-acl-rule` | {region} | {network ACL ID} |
| `cluster-network` | `cluster_networks` | {region} | {account ID} |
| `cluster-network` | `cluster_network_subnets` | {region} | {Cluster Network ID} |
| `cluster-network` | `cluster_network_subnet_reserved_ips` | {region} | {account ID} |
{: caption="Services offering quota metrics" caption-side="top"}

### Resource quota consumption
{: #ibm_is_resource_quota_consumption}

The amount of a resource that is consumed for a specific resource type, detailed in Table 2.

| Description | Metadata |
|----------|-------------|
| `Metric Name` | `ibm_is_resource_quota_consumption`|
| `Metric Type` | `gauge` |
| `Value Type`  | `none` |
| `Segment By` | `IBM IS Generation, Name of resource type for quota, Associated Resource` |
{: caption="Resource quota consumption metric metadata" caption-side="top"}

### Resource quota limit
{: #ibm_is_resource_quota_limit}

The resource quota limit for a specific resource type, detailed in Table 3.

| Description | Metadata |
|----------|-------------|
| `Metric Name` | `ibm_is_resource_quota_limit`|
| `Metric Type` | `gauge` |
| `Value Type`  | `none` |
| `Segment By` | `IBM IS Generation, Name of resource type for quota, Associated Resource` |
{: caption="Resource quota limit metric metadata" caption-side="top"}

## Attributes for segmentation
{: #attributes-quota}

### Global attributes
{: #global-attributes}

The following attributes are available for segmenting all VPC metrics.

| Attribute name | Attribute | Attribute description |
|-----------|----------------|-----------------------|
| `Cloud Type` | `ibm_ctype` | The cloud type is a value of public, dedicated, or local |
| `Location` | `ibm_location` | The location of the monitored resource - it can be a region, data center or global |
| `Resource` | `ibm_resource` | The resource that is measured by the service - typically an identifying name or GUID |
| `Resource Type` | `ibm_resource_type` | The type of the resource that is measured by the service |
| `Resource group` | `ibm_resource_group_name` | The resource group where the service instance was created |
| `Scope` | `ibm_scope` | The scope is the account, organization, or space GUID associated with this metric |
| `Service name` | `ibm_service_name` | Name of the service that is generating this metric |
{: caption="Global attributes" caption-side="top"}

### Other attributes
{: #additional-attributes}

The following attributes are available for segmenting one or more attributes as described in the Global attributes reference. See the individual metrics for segmentation options.

| Attribute name | Attribute | Attribute description |
|-----------|----------------|-----------------------|
| `Associated Resource` | `ibm_is_secondary_resource_id` | The ID of a linked or associated resource |
| `IBM IS Generation` | `ibm_is_generation` | IBM IS Generation |
| `Name of resource type for quota` | `ibm_is_resource_quota_name` | The name of the resource type that is monitored for quota usage/limit
{: caption="Additional attributes" caption-side="top"}

## Next steps
{: #vpc-quota-next-steps}

- [Quotas and service limits](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vpc?topic=vpc-quotas&format=markdown)