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UpdateLimit

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UpdateLimit - AWS Deadline Cloud

Updates the properties of the specified limit.

Request Syntax

PATCH /2023-10-12/farms/farmId/limits/limitId HTTP/1.1 Content-type: application/json { "description": "string", "displayName": "string", "maxCount": number }

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

farmId

The unique identifier of the farm that contains the limit.

Pattern: farm-[0-9a-f]{32}

Required: Yes

limitId

The unique identifier of the limit to update.

Pattern: limit-[0-9a-f]{32}

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

description

The new description of the limit.

Important

This field can store any content. Escape or encode this content before displaying it on a webpage or any other system that might interpret the content of this field.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 100.

Required: No

displayName

The new display name of the limit.

Important

This field can store any content. Escape or encode this content before displaying it on a webpage or any other system that might interpret the content of this field.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Required: No

maxCount

The maximum number of resources constrained by this limit. When all of the resources are in use, steps that require the limit won't be scheduled until the resource is available.

If more than the new maximum number is currently in use, running jobs finish but no new jobs are started until the number of resources in use is below the new maximum number.

The maxCount must not be 0. If the value is -1, there is no restriction on the number of resources that can be acquired for this limit.

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of -1. Maximum value of 2147483647.

Required: No

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

You don't have permission to perform the action.

HTTP Status Code: 403

InternalServerErrorException

Deadline Cloud can't process your request right now. Try again later.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

The requested resource can't be found.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ThrottlingException

Your request exceeded a request rate quota.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

The request isn't valid. This can occur if your request contains malformed JSON or unsupported characters.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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