Knowing the AWS service limits
An AWS account comes with certain limits that can be found in the AWS console:
These are meant to protect the customer as well as the provider against any unintentional use. The following are examples:
- A coding error in your CloudFormation template, resulting in an unexpected amount of storage or other resources being provisioned
- A misconfigured Auto Scaling Group, launching tens or hundreds of instances
- Your user making an API call to request an unusual number of instances
As we can see, the said limits are an overall good idea, most of the time.
If you find yourself in a production environment, getting ready for a major ...
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