Trying to re-deploy a container instance but errors out with "The requested resource is not available"

Question

Hi, my windows container instance won't deploy, it worked fine in the past, I turned it off a couple days ago and tried starting it back up and now I get this error

{
"status": "Failed",
"error": {
"code": "ServiceUnavailable",
"message": "The requested resource is not available in the location 'eastus' at this moment. Please retry with a different resource request or in another location. Resource requested: '1' CPU '1.5' GB memory 'Windows Server 2016 - Before 2B' OS"
}
}

I tried deleting it and creating a new container instance with the same specifications but it does the exact same thing. I also tried with different cpu and memory amounts with the same error.

I don't know why this is happening when it was working just fine a couple days ago.

Answer 1

This error indicates that due to heavy load in the region in which you are attempting to deploy, the resources specified for your container can't be allocated at that time. Use one or more of the following mitigation steps to help resolve your issue.

• Verify your container deployment settings fall within the parameters defined in Region availability for Azure Container Instances
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/container-instances-region-availability
• Specify lower CPU and memory settings for the container
• Deploy to a different Azure region
• Deploy at a later time

Answer 2