# Resource Quotas — Viewing and Setting Quotas

> kubectl supports creating, updating, and viewing quotas Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell kubectl create namespace myspace ``` Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell cat <<EOF > compute-resources.yaml apiVersion: v1 kin

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kubectl supports creating, updating, and viewing quotas

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl create namespace myspace
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
cat &lt;&lt;EOF &gt; compute-resources.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ResourceQuota
metadata:
  name: compute-resources
spec:
  hard:
    requests.cpu: "1"
    requests.memory: "1Gi"
    limits.cpu: "2"
    limits.memory: "2Gi"
    requests.nvidia.com/gpu: 4
EOF
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl create -f ./compute-resources.yaml --namespace=myspace
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
cat &lt;&lt;EOF &gt; object-counts.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ResourceQuota
metadata:
  name: object-counts
spec:
  hard:
    configmaps: "10"
    persistentvolumeclaims: "4"
    pods: "4"
    replicationcontrollers: "20"
    secrets: "10"
    services: "10"
    services.loadbalancers: "2"
EOF
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl create -f ./object-counts.yaml --namespace=myspace
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl get quota --namespace=myspace
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```none
NAME                    AGE
compute-resources       30s
object-counts           32s
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl describe quota compute-resources --namespace=myspace
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```none
Name:                    compute-resources
Namespace:               myspace
Resource                 Used  Hard
--------                 ----  ----
limits.cpu               0     2
limits.memory            0     2Gi
requests.cpu             0     1
requests.memory          0     1Gi
requests.nvidia.com/gpu  0     4
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl describe quota object-counts --namespace=myspace
``` …

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