Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Creating an Individual Quota for a File System

Administrators can create individual quotas for users and groups. Individual quotas override user and group defaults, but not the file system limit. Individual quotas are tied to a specific UNIX principal and designated by UID or GID.

A quota can be a soft quota or a hard quota. For more information, see Quota Types.

Note

Creating quotas doesn't automatically enable those quotas. You still need to enable quotas for the file system.
    1. Open the navigation menu  and select Storage. Under File Storage, select File Systems.
    2. In the List scope section, under Compartment, select a compartment.
    3. Select the name of the file system for which you want to create quotas.
    4. On the file system's details page, under Resources, select User and group quota rules.
    5. Select Add quota rule.
    6. In the Add quota rule panel, give the quota a name and provide the following information:
      • Quota type: Whether the quota is a soft quota or a hard quota.
      • Principal type: Whether the quota applies to an individual user or a group.
      • Principal ID: The UID or GID to which the quota applies.
      • Quota limit in GB: The size of the quota, in gigabytes.
    7. Select Add quota.

  • Use the oci fs file-system create-quota-rule command and required parameters to create a quota:

    oci fs file-system create-quota-rule --file-system-id <file_system_OCID> --is-hard-quota <boolean> --principal-id <principal_id> --principal-type <principal_type> --quota-limit-in-gigabytes <quota_limit_in_gigabytes>

    For a complete list of parameters and values for CLI commands, see the CLI Command Reference.

  • Run the CreateQuotaRule operation to create a quota.

    For information about using the API and signing requests, see REST API documentation and Security Credentials. For information about SDKs, see SDKs and the CLI.