Software Engineering

How to solve AWS MediaPackage PackagingGroup Quota Limit


If you are using AWS Elemental MediaPackage and hit the following error, then you need to either do one of the following:

Error: error waiting for CloudFormation Stack (arn:aws:cloudformation:eu-west-1:800417762774:stack/dev-MediaPackage-Vod-1/511fc7a0-a092-11ed-b853-068baf6ac251) create: failed to create CloudFormation stack, delete requested (DELETE_COMPLETE): ["The following resource(s) failed to create: [PackagingGroup]. Delete requested by user." "Resource handler returned message: \"Limit exceeded for resource of type 'AWS::MediaPackage::PackagingGroup'. Reason: You reached the quota for resource=PackagingGroup. Delete the resources that you don?t need, or request a quota increase. (Service: MediaPackageVod, Status Code: 429, Request ID: bc7a5f31-463e-4ac6-a9a2-438111dd201c)\" (RequestToken: 135f9266-ddcd-1b8d-fdff-00e3837d5dc3, HandlerErrorCode: ServiceLimitExceeded)"]

Option 1 Fix

Delete some of the existing Packaging Groups to clear up space to create new ones

Option 2 Fix

Request a quota limit increase to a higher number than the default of 10