# Configure a Pod Quota for a Namespace — Create a ResourceQuota

> Here is an example manifest for a ResourceQuota Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/admin/resource/quota-pod.yaml --namespace=quota-pod-example ``` View detailed information about the ResourceQuota Bounded code example

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Here is an example manifest for a ResourceQuota

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/admin/resource/quota-pod.yaml --namespace=quota-pod-example
```

View detailed information about the ResourceQuota

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl get resourcequota pod-demo --namespace=quota-pod-example --output=yaml
```

The output shows that the namespace has a quota of two Pods, and that currently there are no Pods; that is, none of the quota is used.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
spec:
  hard:
    pods: "2"
status:
  hard:
    pods: "2"
  used:
    pods: "0"
```

Here is an example manifest for a

In that manifest, replicas: 3 tells Kubernetes to attempt to create three new Pods, all running the same application.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/admin/resource/quota-pod-deployment.yaml --namespace=quota-pod-example
```

View detailed information about the Deployment

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl get deployment pod-quota-demo --namespace=quota-pod-example --output=yaml
```

The output shows that even though the Deployment specifies three replicas, only two Pods were created because of the quota you defined earlier

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
spec:
  ...
  replicas: 3
...
status:
  availableReplicas: 2
...
lastUpdateTime: 2021-04-02T20:57:05Z
    message: 'unable to create pods: pods "pod-quota-demo-1650323038-" is forbidden:
      exceeded quota: pod-demo, requested: pods=1, used: pods=2, limited: pods=2'
```

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