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Rules Per Security Group Limit Exceeded
Updated over 10 months ago

Problem description

While doing a File restore for an instance using a public subnet it can cause the below error RulesPerSecurityGroupLimitExceeded :The maximum number of rules per security group has been reached.

Cause

The VPC limit for rules per security group for a region has been exceeded on the AWS side in that region. It defaults to 60.

Resolution

Contact AWS for increasing the VPC limits of that region, via the Service Quotas service.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/amazon-vpc-limits.html
Or initiate a restore of an instance using a private subnet.

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