# Getting started with Service Quotas Automatic Management
Getting started

Service Quotas Automatic Management monitors service quotas usage patterns and sends you notifications when your usage approaches your [utilization thresholds](automatic-management.md#notification-thresholds). Automatic Management works with both adjustable and non-adjustable quotas to help you track your quota utilization. To allow AWS to monitor quotas in your AWS account, you need to start the Automatic Management. The following procedures walks through how you can start Automatic Management with either the AWS Management Console or AWS CLI.

**Supported quotas**  
Not all service quotas support Automatic Management. Only quotas that have usage metrics available can be monitored. Automatic Management monitors both adjustable and non-adjustable quotas. However, only a subset of adjustable quotas support auto-adjustment. To view which quotas are supported in your account, navigate to the Automatic Management section in the Service Quotas console, which displays only the quotas that support Automatic Management in your account and region.

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#### [ AWS Management Console ]

Use the following steps to start Automatic Management using the AWS Management Console.

1. Open the Service Quotas console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas/).

1. In the navigation pane, select **Automatic Management**.

   1. Alternatively, in the Service Quotas dashboard, under **Automatic Management**, select **Start**.
**Important**  
This starts Automatic Management for all available Service Quotas and only sends notifications to the Health Dashboard.

1. Under **Automatic Management Mode**, Select **Notify Only**. There are two modes: Notify Only and Notify and Auto-Adjust. To learn more, see [Service Quotas Automatic Management modes](automatic-management.md#automatic-management-modes)..
**Note**  
Automatic Management monitors all the monitored service quotas and sends notifications to Health Dashboard. Optionally, you can send notifications to your preferred channels in the next steps. Otherwise, choose **Skip to Review and Confirm** to continue.

   1. (Optional) You can enable **User Notification Service** to receive notifications on your preferred channel like email, app, or chat channels. Select your preferred notification method and then choose **Next**.

   1. (Optional) You can select exceptions for service quotas you do not want AWS to monitor and notify you about in your AWS account. Select your preferred exceptions and then choose **Next**.

1. Review your options on the **Review and Confirm** page. Make any edits and choose **Submit**.

1. Confirm your selection in the confirmation pop-up box.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

Using Automatic Management with the AWS CLI requires you to provide Service Quotas with the necessary permission to create a AWS Support case on your behalf. You can provide this permission by attaching the AWS managed policy [`ServiceQuotasFullAccess`](security-iam-awsmanpol.md#security-iam-awsmanpol-POLICYNAME) to your IAM principal.

**Example Start Automatic Management for your account**  
The following example starts Automatic Management for an AWS account in Canada (Central) AWS Region. Replace the *italicized placeholder text* in the example command with your information.  

```
aws service-quotas start-auto-management \
  --opt-in-level ACCOUNT \
  --opt-in-type NotifyOnly \
  --region ca-central-1
```

Automatic Management supports adding your [User Notification (UNO)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/notifications/latest/userguide/what-is-service.html) to receive notifications in your preferred channels like app, chat, or email. To add UNO configuration, provide your UNO ARN configuration with the parameter `--notification-arn`.

**Example Start Automatic Management with UNO configuration**  
The following example starts Automatic Management for a UNO ARN in an AWS account in the Canada (Central) AWS Region. Replace the *italicized placeholder text* in the example command with your information.  

```
aws service-quotas start-auto-management \
  --opt-in-level ACCOUNT \
  --opt-in-type NotifyOnly \
  --region ca-central-1 \
  --notification-arn arn:aws:notifications::111122223333:configuration/abc123def456gh789
```

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