Features and benefits

The Quota Monitor for AWS solution provides the following features:

Monitor resource utilization for specific AWS services

The solution leverages AWS Trusted Advisor and Service Quotas to help you monitor resource utilization against quotas for specific AWS services.

Automate Amazon SNS and Slack notifications

The solution publishes alerts to an Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topic, which you can subscribe to through a notification mechanism of your choice. The solution includes template parameters to configure Amazon SNS notifications to email or an existing Slack channel. Once you receive a notification, you can take corrective measures such as requesting quota increases or shutting down resources.

Choose your deployment scenarios

This solution supports deployment scenarios for both when you are using AWS Organizations and when you are not. For more details, refer to Deployment scenarios.

Start monitoring accounts as they join your organization

When deployed in Organizations mode, the solution uses CloudFormation StackSets to manage template deployments. We configured the StackSets to deploy to accounts that are added to a target organization or organizational units (OUs) within AWS Organizations. This way, you can monitor the new accounts without manual intervention.

Integrate with AWS Service Catalog AppRegistry and Application Manager, a capability of AWS Systems Manager

This solution includes an AWS Service Catalog AppRegistry resource to register the solution’s CloudFormation template and its underlying resources as an application in both AWS Service Catalog AppRegistry and Application Manager. With this integration, you can centrally manage the solution’s resources and enable application search, reporting, and management actions.