PutScalingPolicy#

Description#

Creates or updates a scaling policy for an Auto Scaling Group (ASG).

Request Parameters#

Required parameters#

  • AutoScalingGroupName — The name of the ASG.

    • Type: String

    • Required: Yes

  • PolicyName — The name of the policy.

    • Type: String

    • Required: Yes

    • Constraints: 1 to 255 ASCII characters

  • PolicyType — The type of the policy.

    • Type: String

    • Required: Yes

    • Valid values: SimpleScaling

Optional parameters#

  • AdjustmentType — Specifies how the value of the ScalingAdjustment parameter is interpreted when the scaling policy is executed.

    • Type: String

    • Required: No

    • Valid values: ChangeInCapacity | ExactCapacity | PercentChangeInCapacity

    • Default value: ChangeInCapacity

    • Constraints: It can be set only for the SimpleScaling` policy

  • Cooldown — The time (in seconds) after which the execution of the policy will create a new activity.

    • Type: Integer

    • Required: No

    • Default value: The value of the DefaultCooldown parameter for the ASG specified in the AutoScalingGroupName parameter

    • Constraints: It can be set only for the SimpleScaling` policy

  • Enabled — Indicates whether the policy is enabled.

    • Type: Boolean

    • Required: No

    • Default value: True

  • MinAdjustmentMagnitude — The minimum ASG capacity percentage, by which the capacity will be scaled.

    • Type: Integer

    • Constraints: It can be specified only for the SimpleScaling policy when AdjustmentType is equal to PercentChangeInCapacity

  • ScalingAdjustment — The amount by which the ASG is scaled when the scaling policy is executed.

    • Type: Integer

    • Required: No

    • Constraints: It can be set only for the SimpleScaling` policy

Examples#

c2-as PutScalingPolicy AutoScalingGroupName "asg_name" PolicyName "policy_name" PolicyType "SimpleScaling" Enabled True AdjustmentType ChangeInCapacity ScalingAdjustment 1
c2-as PutScalingPolicy AutoScalingGroupName "asg_name" PolicyName "policy_name" PolicyType "SimpleScaling" Enabled True Cooldown 300 AdjustmentType PercentChangeInCapacity ScalingAdjustment 1 MinAdjustmentMagnitude 5