Auto Scaling

2022/04/19 - Auto Scaling - 3 updated api methods

Changes  EC2 Auto Scaling now adds default instance warm-up times for all scaling activities, health check replacements, and other replacement events in the Auto Scaling instance lifecycle.

CreateAutoScalingGroup (updated) Link ¶
Changes (request)
{'DefaultInstanceWarmup': 'integer'}

We strongly recommend using a launch template when calling this operation to ensure full functionality for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling and Amazon EC2.

Creates an Auto Scaling group with the specified name and attributes.

If you exceed your maximum limit of Auto Scaling groups, the call fails. To query this limit, call the DescribeAccountLimits API. For information about updating this limit, see Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling service quotas in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

For introductory exercises for creating an Auto Scaling group, see Getting started with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling and Tutorial: Set up a scaled and load-balanced application in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide . For more information, see Auto Scaling groups in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

Every Auto Scaling group has three size parameters ( DesiredCapacity , MaxSize , and MinSize ). Usually, you set these sizes based on a specific number of instances. However, if you configure a mixed instances policy that defines weights for the instance types, you must specify these sizes with the same units that you use for weighting instances.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.create_auto_scaling_group(
    AutoScalingGroupName='string',
    LaunchConfigurationName='string',
    LaunchTemplate={
        'LaunchTemplateId': 'string',
        'LaunchTemplateName': 'string',
        'Version': 'string'
    },
    MixedInstancesPolicy={
        'LaunchTemplate': {
            'LaunchTemplateSpecification': {
                'LaunchTemplateId': 'string',
                'LaunchTemplateName': 'string',
                'Version': 'string'
            },
            'Overrides': [
                {
                    'InstanceType': 'string',
                    'WeightedCapacity': 'string',
                    'LaunchTemplateSpecification': {
                        'LaunchTemplateId': 'string',
                        'LaunchTemplateName': 'string',
                        'Version': 'string'
                    },
                    'InstanceRequirements': {
                        'VCpuCount': {
                            'Min': 123,
                            'Max': 123
                        },
                        'MemoryMiB': {
                            'Min': 123,
                            'Max': 123
                        },
                        'CpuManufacturers': [
                            'intel'|'amd'|'amazon-web-services',
                        ],
                        'MemoryGiBPerVCpu': {
                            'Min': 123.0,
                            'Max': 123.0
                        },
                        'ExcludedInstanceTypes': [
                            'string',
                        ],
                        'InstanceGenerations': [
                            'current'|'previous',
                        ],
                        'SpotMaxPricePercentageOverLowestPrice': 123,
                        'OnDemandMaxPricePercentageOverLowestPrice': 123,
                        'BareMetal': 'included'|'excluded'|'required',
                        'BurstablePerformance': 'included'|'excluded'|'required',
                        'RequireHibernateSupport': True|False,
                        'NetworkInterfaceCount': {
                            'Min': 123,
                            'Max': 123
                        },
                        'LocalStorage': 'included'|'excluded'|'required',
                        'LocalStorageTypes': [
                            'hdd'|'ssd',
                        ],
                        'TotalLocalStorageGB': {
                            'Min': 123.0,
                            'Max': 123.0
                        },
                        'BaselineEbsBandwidthMbps': {
                            'Min': 123,
                            'Max': 123
                        },
                        'AcceleratorTypes': [
                            'gpu'|'fpga'|'inference',
                        ],
                        'AcceleratorCount': {
                            'Min': 123,
                            'Max': 123
                        },
                        'AcceleratorManufacturers': [
                            'nvidia'|'amd'|'amazon-web-services'|'xilinx',
                        ],
                        'AcceleratorNames': [
                            'a100'|'v100'|'k80'|'t4'|'m60'|'radeon-pro-v520'|'vu9p',
                        ],
                        'AcceleratorTotalMemoryMiB': {
                            'Min': 123,
                            'Max': 123
                        }
                    }
                },
            ]
        },
        'InstancesDistribution': {
            'OnDemandAllocationStrategy': 'string',
            'OnDemandBaseCapacity': 123,
            'OnDemandPercentageAboveBaseCapacity': 123,
            'SpotAllocationStrategy': 'string',
            'SpotInstancePools': 123,
            'SpotMaxPrice': 'string'
        }
    },
    InstanceId='string',
    MinSize=123,
    MaxSize=123,
    DesiredCapacity=123,
    DefaultCooldown=123,
    AvailabilityZones=[
        'string',
    ],
    LoadBalancerNames=[
        'string',
    ],
    TargetGroupARNs=[
        'string',
    ],
    HealthCheckType='string',
    HealthCheckGracePeriod=123,
    PlacementGroup='string',
    VPCZoneIdentifier='string',
    TerminationPolicies=[
        'string',
    ],
    NewInstancesProtectedFromScaleIn=True|False,
    CapacityRebalance=True|False,
    LifecycleHookSpecificationList=[
        {
            'LifecycleHookName': 'string',
            'LifecycleTransition': 'string',
            'NotificationMetadata': 'string',
            'HeartbeatTimeout': 123,
            'DefaultResult': 'string',
            'NotificationTargetARN': 'string',
            'RoleARN': 'string'
        },
    ],
    Tags=[
        {
            'ResourceId': 'string',
            'ResourceType': 'string',
            'Key': 'string',
            'Value': 'string',
            'PropagateAtLaunch': True|False
        },
    ],
    ServiceLinkedRoleARN='string',
    MaxInstanceLifetime=123,
    Context='string',
    DesiredCapacityType='string',
    DefaultInstanceWarmup=123
)
type AutoScalingGroupName

string

param AutoScalingGroupName

[REQUIRED]

The name of the Auto Scaling group. This name must be unique per Region per account.

type LaunchConfigurationName

string

param LaunchConfigurationName

The name of the launch configuration to use to launch instances.

Conditional: You must specify either a launch template ( LaunchTemplate or MixedInstancesPolicy ) or a launch configuration ( LaunchConfigurationName or InstanceId ).

type LaunchTemplate

dict

param LaunchTemplate

Parameters used to specify the launch template and version to use to launch instances.

Conditional: You must specify either a launch template ( LaunchTemplate or MixedInstancesPolicy ) or a launch configuration ( LaunchConfigurationName or InstanceId ).

Note

The launch template that is specified must be configured for use with an Auto Scaling group. For more information, see Creating a launch template for an Auto Scaling group in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

  • LaunchTemplateId (string) --

    The ID of the launch template. To get the template ID, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

    Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

  • LaunchTemplateName (string) --

    The name of the launch template. To get the template name, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

    Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

  • Version (string) --

    The version number, $Latest , or $Default . To get the version number, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions API operation. New launch template versions can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplateVersion API. If the value is $Latest , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the latest version of the launch template when launching instances. If the value is $Default , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the default version of the launch template when launching instances. The default value is $Default .

type MixedInstancesPolicy

dict

param MixedInstancesPolicy

An embedded object that specifies a mixed instances policy.

For more information, see Auto Scaling groups with multiple instance types and purchase options in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

  • LaunchTemplate (dict) --

    Specifies the launch template to use and the instance types (overrides) that are used to launch EC2 instances to fulfill On-Demand and Spot capacities. Required when creating a mixed instances policy.

    • LaunchTemplateSpecification (dict) --

      The launch template to use.

      • LaunchTemplateId (string) --

        The ID of the launch template. To get the template ID, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

        Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

      • LaunchTemplateName (string) --

        The name of the launch template. To get the template name, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

        Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

      • Version (string) --

        The version number, $Latest , or $Default . To get the version number, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions API operation. New launch template versions can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplateVersion API. If the value is $Latest , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the latest version of the launch template when launching instances. If the value is $Default , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the default version of the launch template when launching instances. The default value is $Default .

    • Overrides (list) --

      Any properties that you specify override the same properties in the launch template. If not provided, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses the instance type or instance type requirements specified in the launch template when it launches an instance.

      The overrides can include either one or more instance types or a set of instance requirements, but not both.

      • (dict) --

        Describes an override for a launch template. For more information, see Configuring overrides in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

        • InstanceType (string) --

          The instance type, such as m3.xlarge . You must use an instance type that is supported in your requested Region and Availability Zones. For more information, see Instance types in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

        • WeightedCapacity (string) --

          The number of capacity units provided by the instance type specified in InstanceType in terms of virtual CPUs, memory, storage, throughput, or other relative performance characteristic. When a Spot or On-Demand Instance is launched, the capacity units count toward the desired capacity. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling launches instances until the desired capacity is totally fulfilled, even if this results in an overage. For example, if there are two units remaining to fulfill capacity, and Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling can only launch an instance with a WeightedCapacity of five units, the instance is launched, and the desired capacity is exceeded by three units. For more information, see Configuring instance weighting for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide . Value must be in the range of 1–999.

        • LaunchTemplateSpecification (dict) --

          Provides a launch template for the specified instance type or instance requirements. For example, some instance types might require a launch template with a different AMI. If not provided, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses the launch template that's defined for your mixed instances policy. For more information, see Specifying a different launch template for an instance type in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

          • LaunchTemplateId (string) --

            The ID of the launch template. To get the template ID, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

            Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

          • LaunchTemplateName (string) --

            The name of the launch template. To get the template name, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

            Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

          • Version (string) --

            The version number, $Latest , or $Default . To get the version number, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions API operation. New launch template versions can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplateVersion API. If the value is $Latest , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the latest version of the launch template when launching instances. If the value is $Default , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the default version of the launch template when launching instances. The default value is $Default .

        • InstanceRequirements (dict) --

          The instance requirements. When you specify instance requirements, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling finds instance types that satisfy your requirements, and then uses your On-Demand and Spot allocation strategies to launch instances from these instance types, in the same way as when you specify a list of specific instance types.

          • VCpuCount (dict) -- [REQUIRED]

            The minimum and maximum number of vCPUs for an instance type.

            • Min (integer) -- [REQUIRED]

              The minimum number of vCPUs.

            • Max (integer) --

              The maximum number of vCPUs.

          • MemoryMiB (dict) -- [REQUIRED]

            The minimum and maximum instance memory size for an instance type, in MiB.

            • Min (integer) -- [REQUIRED]

              The memory minimum in MiB.

            • Max (integer) --

              The memory maximum in MiB.

          • CpuManufacturers (list) --

            Lists which specific CPU manufacturers to include.

            • For instance types with Intel CPUs, specify intel .

            • For instance types with AMD CPUs, specify amd .

            • For instance types with Amazon Web Services CPUs, specify amazon-web-services .

            Note

            Don't confuse the CPU hardware manufacturer with the CPU hardware architecture. Instances will be launched with a compatible CPU architecture based on the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that you specify in your launch template.

            Default: Any manufacturer

            • (string) --

          • MemoryGiBPerVCpu (dict) --

            The minimum and maximum amount of memory per vCPU for an instance type, in GiB.

            Default: No minimum or maximum

            • Min (float) --

              The memory minimum in GiB.

            • Max (float) --

              The memory maximum in GiB.

          • ExcludedInstanceTypes (list) --

            Lists which instance types to exclude. You can use strings with one or more wild cards, represented by an asterisk ( * ). The following are examples: c5* , m5a.* , r* , *3* .

            For example, if you specify c5* , you are excluding the entire C5 instance family, which includes all C5a and C5n instance types. If you specify m5a.* , you are excluding all the M5a instance types, but not the M5n instance types.

            Default: No excluded instance types

            • (string) --

          • InstanceGenerations (list) --

            Indicates whether current or previous generation instance types are included.

            • For current generation instance types, specify current . The current generation includes EC2 instance types currently recommended for use. This typically includes the latest two to three generations in each instance family. For more information, see Instance types in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances .

            • For previous generation instance types, specify previous .

            Default: Any current or previous generation

            • (string) --

          • SpotMaxPricePercentageOverLowestPrice (integer) --

            The price protection threshold for Spot Instances. This is the maximum you’ll pay for a Spot Instance, expressed as a percentage higher than the cheapest M, C, or R instance type with your specified attributes. When Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects instance types with your attributes, we will exclude instance types whose price is higher than your threshold. The parameter accepts an integer, which Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling interprets as a percentage. To turn off price protection, specify a high value, such as 999999 .

            If you set DesiredCapacityType to vcpu or memory-mib , the price protection threshold is applied based on the per vCPU or per memory price instead of the per instance price.

            Default: 100

          • OnDemandMaxPricePercentageOverLowestPrice (integer) --

            The price protection threshold for On-Demand Instances. This is the maximum you’ll pay for an On-Demand Instance, expressed as a percentage higher than the cheapest M, C, or R instance type with your specified attributes. When Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects instance types with your attributes, we will exclude instance types whose price is higher than your threshold. The parameter accepts an integer, which Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling interprets as a percentage. To turn off price protection, specify a high value, such as 999999 .

            If you set DesiredCapacityType to vcpu or memory-mib , the price protection threshold is applied based on the per vCPU or per memory price instead of the per instance price.

            Default: 20

          • BareMetal (string) --

            Indicates whether bare metal instance types are included, excluded, or required.

            Default: excluded

          • BurstablePerformance (string) --

            Indicates whether burstable performance instance types are included, excluded, or required. For more information, see Burstable performance instances in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances .

            Default: excluded

          • RequireHibernateSupport (boolean) --

            Indicates whether instance types must provide On-Demand Instance hibernation support.

            Default: false

          • NetworkInterfaceCount (dict) --

            The minimum and maximum number of network interfaces for an instance type.

            Default: No minimum or maximum

            • Min (integer) --

              The minimum number of network interfaces.

            • Max (integer) --

              The maximum number of network interfaces.

          • LocalStorage (string) --

            Indicates whether instance types with instance store volumes are included, excluded, or required. For more information, see Amazon EC2 instance store in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances .

            Default: included

          • LocalStorageTypes (list) --

            Indicates the type of local storage that is required.

            • For instance types with hard disk drive (HDD) storage, specify hdd .

            • For instance types with solid state drive (SSD) storage, specify sdd .

            Default: Any local storage type

            • (string) --

          • TotalLocalStorageGB (dict) --

            The minimum and maximum total local storage size for an instance type, in GB.

            Default: No minimum or maximum

            • Min (float) --

              The storage minimum in GB.

            • Max (float) --

              The storage maximum in GB.

          • BaselineEbsBandwidthMbps (dict) --

            The minimum and maximum baseline bandwidth performance for an instance type, in Mbps. For more information, see Amazon EBS–optimized instances in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances .

            Default: No minimum or maximum

            • Min (integer) --

              The minimum value in Mbps.

            • Max (integer) --

              The maximum value in Mbps.

          • AcceleratorTypes (list) --

            Lists the accelerator types that must be on an instance type.

            • For instance types with GPU accelerators, specify gpu .

            • For instance types with FPGA accelerators, specify fpga .

            • For instance types with inference accelerators, specify inference .

            Default: Any accelerator type

            • (string) --

          • AcceleratorCount (dict) --

            The minimum and maximum number of accelerators (GPUs, FPGAs, or Amazon Web Services Inferentia chips) for an instance type.

            To exclude accelerator-enabled instance types, set Max to 0 .

            Default: No minimum or maximum

            • Min (integer) --

              The minimum value.

            • Max (integer) --

              The maximum value.

          • AcceleratorManufacturers (list) --

            Indicates whether instance types must have accelerators by specific manufacturers.

            • For instance types with NVIDIA devices, specify nvidia .

            • For instance types with AMD devices, specify amd .

            • For instance types with Amazon Web Services devices, specify amazon-web-services .

            • For instance types with Xilinx devices, specify xilinx .

            Default: Any manufacturer

            • (string) --

          • AcceleratorNames (list) --

            Lists the accelerators that must be on an instance type.

            • For instance types with NVIDIA A100 GPUs, specify a100 .

            • For instance types with NVIDIA V100 GPUs, specify v100 .

            • For instance types with NVIDIA K80 GPUs, specify k80 .

            • For instance types with NVIDIA T4 GPUs, specify t4 .

            • For instance types with NVIDIA M60 GPUs, specify m60 .

            • For instance types with AMD Radeon Pro V520 GPUs, specify radeon-pro-v520 .

            • For instance types with Xilinx VU9P FPGAs, specify vu9p .

            Default: Any accelerator

            • (string) --

          • AcceleratorTotalMemoryMiB (dict) --

            The minimum and maximum total memory size for the accelerators on an instance type, in MiB.

            Default: No minimum or maximum

            • Min (integer) --

              The memory minimum in MiB.

            • Max (integer) --

              The memory maximum in MiB.

  • InstancesDistribution (dict) --

    Specifies the instances distribution.

    • OnDemandAllocationStrategy (string) --

      The order of the launch template overrides to use in fulfilling On-Demand capacity.

      If you specify lowest-price , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses price to determine the order, launching the lowest price first.

      If you specify prioritized , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses the priority that you assigned to each launch template override, launching the highest priority first. If all your On-Demand capacity cannot be fulfilled using your highest priority instance, then Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling launches the remaining capacity using the second priority instance type, and so on.

      Default: lowest-price for Auto Scaling groups that specify InstanceRequirements in the overrides and prioritized for Auto Scaling groups that don't.

    • OnDemandBaseCapacity (integer) --

      The minimum amount of the Auto Scaling group's capacity that must be fulfilled by On-Demand Instances. This base portion is launched first as your group scales.

      If you specify weights for the instance types in the overrides, the base capacity is measured in the same unit of measurement as the instance types. If you specify InstanceRequirements in the overrides, the base capacity is measured in the same unit of measurement as your group's desired capacity.

      Default: 0

    • OnDemandPercentageAboveBaseCapacity (integer) --

      Controls the percentages of On-Demand Instances and Spot Instances for your additional capacity beyond OnDemandBaseCapacity . Expressed as a number (for example, 20 specifies 20% On-Demand Instances, 80% Spot Instances). If set to 100, only On-Demand Instances are used.

      Default: 100

    • SpotAllocationStrategy (string) --

      Indicates how to allocate instances across Spot Instance pools.

      If the allocation strategy is lowest-price , the Auto Scaling group launches instances using the Spot pools with the lowest price, and evenly allocates your instances across the number of Spot pools that you specify.

      If the allocation strategy is capacity-optimized (recommended), the Auto Scaling group launches instances using Spot pools that are optimally chosen based on the available Spot capacity. Alternatively, you can use capacity-optimized-prioritized and set the order of instance types in the list of launch template overrides from highest to lowest priority (from first to last in the list). Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling honors the instance type priorities on a best-effort basis but optimizes for capacity first.

      Default: lowest-price

    • SpotInstancePools (integer) --

      The number of Spot Instance pools across which to allocate your Spot Instances. The Spot pools are determined from the different instance types in the overrides. Valid only when the Spot allocation strategy is lowest-price . Value must be in the range of 1–20.

      Default: 2

    • SpotMaxPrice (string) --

      The maximum price per unit hour that you are willing to pay for a Spot Instance. If you keep the value at its default (unspecified), Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses the On-Demand price as the maximum Spot price. To remove a value that you previously set, include the property but specify an empty string ("") for the value.

type InstanceId

string

param InstanceId

The ID of the instance used to base the launch configuration on. If specified, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses the configuration values from the specified instance to create a new launch configuration. To get the instance ID, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeInstances API operation. For more information, see Creating an Auto Scaling group using an EC2 instance in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

type MinSize

integer

param MinSize

[REQUIRED]

The minimum size of the group.

type MaxSize

integer

param MaxSize

[REQUIRED]

The maximum size of the group.

Note

With a mixed instances policy that uses instance weighting, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling may need to go above MaxSize to meet your capacity requirements. In this event, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling will never go above MaxSize by more than your largest instance weight (weights that define how many units each instance contributes to the desired capacity of the group).

type DesiredCapacity

integer

param DesiredCapacity

The desired capacity is the initial capacity of the Auto Scaling group at the time of its creation and the capacity it attempts to maintain. It can scale beyond this capacity if you configure auto scaling. This number must be greater than or equal to the minimum size of the group and less than or equal to the maximum size of the group. If you do not specify a desired capacity, the default is the minimum size of the group.

type DefaultCooldown

integer

param DefaultCooldown

Only needed if you use simple scaling policies.

The amount of time, in seconds, between one scaling activity ending and another one starting due to simple scaling policies. For more information, see Scaling cooldowns for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

Default: 300 seconds

type AvailabilityZones

list

param AvailabilityZones

A list of Availability Zones where instances in the Auto Scaling group can be created. This parameter is optional if you specify one or more subnets for VPCZoneIdentifier .

Conditional: If your account supports EC2-Classic and VPC, this parameter is required to launch instances into EC2-Classic.

  • (string) --

type LoadBalancerNames

list

param LoadBalancerNames

A list of Classic Load Balancers associated with this Auto Scaling group. For Application Load Balancers, Network Load Balancers, and Gateway Load Balancers, specify the TargetGroupARNs property instead.

  • (string) --

type TargetGroupARNs

list

param TargetGroupARNs

The Amazon Resource Names (ARN) of the target groups to associate with the Auto Scaling group. Instances are registered as targets in a target group, and traffic is routed to the target group. For more information, see Elastic Load Balancing and Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

  • (string) --

type HealthCheckType

string

param HealthCheckType

The service to use for the health checks. The valid values are EC2 (default) and ELB . If you configure an Auto Scaling group to use load balancer (ELB) health checks, it considers the instance unhealthy if it fails either the EC2 status checks or the load balancer health checks. For more information, see Health checks for Auto Scaling instances in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

type HealthCheckGracePeriod

integer

param HealthCheckGracePeriod

The amount of time, in seconds, that Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling waits before checking the health status of an EC2 instance that has come into service and marking it unhealthy due to a failed Elastic Load Balancing or custom health check. This is useful if your instances do not immediately pass these health checks after they enter the InService state. For more information, see Health check grace period in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

Default: 0 seconds

type PlacementGroup

string

param PlacementGroup

The name of an existing placement group into which to launch your instances. For more information, see Placement groups in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances .

Note

A cluster placement group is a logical grouping of instances within a single Availability Zone. You cannot specify multiple Availability Zones and a cluster placement group.

type VPCZoneIdentifier

string

param VPCZoneIdentifier

A comma-separated list of subnet IDs for a virtual private cloud (VPC) where instances in the Auto Scaling group can be created. If you specify VPCZoneIdentifier with AvailabilityZones , the subnets that you specify for this parameter must reside in those Availability Zones.

Conditional: If your account supports EC2-Classic and VPC, this parameter is required to launch instances into a VPC.

type TerminationPolicies

list

param TerminationPolicies

A policy or a list of policies that are used to select the instance to terminate. These policies are executed in the order that you list them. For more information, see Controlling which Auto Scaling instances terminate during scale in in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

  • (string) --

type NewInstancesProtectedFromScaleIn

boolean

param NewInstancesProtectedFromScaleIn

Indicates whether newly launched instances are protected from termination by Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling when scaling in. For more information about preventing instances from terminating on scale in, see Using instance scale-in protection in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

type CapacityRebalance

boolean

param CapacityRebalance

Indicates whether Capacity Rebalancing is enabled. Otherwise, Capacity Rebalancing is disabled. When you turn on Capacity Rebalancing, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling attempts to launch a Spot Instance whenever Amazon EC2 notifies that a Spot Instance is at an elevated risk of interruption. After launching a new instance, it then terminates an old instance. For more information, see Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Capacity Rebalancing in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

type LifecycleHookSpecificationList

list

param LifecycleHookSpecificationList

One or more lifecycle hooks for the group, which specify actions to perform when Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling launches or terminates instances.

  • (dict) --

    Describes information used to specify a lifecycle hook for an Auto Scaling group.

    For more information, see Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling lifecycle hooks in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

    • LifecycleHookName (string) -- [REQUIRED]

      The name of the lifecycle hook.

    • LifecycleTransition (string) -- [REQUIRED]

      The state of the EC2 instance to which you want to attach the lifecycle hook. The valid values are:

      • autoscaling:EC2_INSTANCE_LAUNCHING

      • autoscaling:EC2_INSTANCE_TERMINATING

    • NotificationMetadata (string) --

      Additional information that you want to include any time Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling sends a message to the notification target.

    • HeartbeatTimeout (integer) --

      The maximum time, in seconds, that can elapse before the lifecycle hook times out.

      If the lifecycle hook times out, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling performs the action that you specified in the DefaultResult parameter. You can prevent the lifecycle hook from timing out by calling RecordLifecycleActionHeartbeat.

    • DefaultResult (string) --

      Defines the action the Auto Scaling group should take when the lifecycle hook timeout elapses or if an unexpected failure occurs. The valid values are CONTINUE and ABANDON . The default value is ABANDON .

    • NotificationTargetARN (string) --

      The ARN of the target that Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling sends notifications to when an instance is in the transition state for the lifecycle hook. The notification target can be either an SQS queue or an SNS topic.

    • RoleARN (string) --

      The ARN of the IAM role that allows the Auto Scaling group to publish to the specified notification target.

      Valid only if the notification target is an Amazon SNS topic or an Amazon SQS queue. Required for new lifecycle hooks, but optional when updating existing hooks.

type Tags

list

param Tags

One or more tags. You can tag your Auto Scaling group and propagate the tags to the Amazon EC2 instances it launches. Tags are not propagated to Amazon EBS volumes. To add tags to Amazon EBS volumes, specify the tags in a launch template but use caution. If the launch template specifies an instance tag with a key that is also specified for the Auto Scaling group, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling overrides the value of that instance tag with the value specified by the Auto Scaling group. For more information, see Tagging Auto Scaling groups and instances in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

  • (dict) --

    Describes a tag for an Auto Scaling group.

    • ResourceId (string) --

      The name of the Auto Scaling group.

    • ResourceType (string) --

      The type of resource. The only supported value is auto-scaling-group .

    • Key (string) -- [REQUIRED]

      The tag key.

    • Value (string) --

      The tag value.

    • PropagateAtLaunch (boolean) --

      Determines whether the tag is added to new instances as they are launched in the group.

type ServiceLinkedRoleARN

string

param ServiceLinkedRoleARN

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the service-linked role that the Auto Scaling group uses to call other Amazon Web Services on your behalf. By default, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses a service-linked role named AWSServiceRoleForAutoScaling , which it creates if it does not exist. For more information, see Service-linked roles in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

type MaxInstanceLifetime

integer

param MaxInstanceLifetime

The maximum amount of time, in seconds, that an instance can be in service. The default is null. If specified, the value must be either 0 or a number equal to or greater than 86,400 seconds (1 day). For more information, see Replacing Auto Scaling instances based on maximum instance lifetime in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

type Context

string

param Context

Reserved.

type DesiredCapacityType

string

param DesiredCapacityType

The unit of measurement for the value specified for desired capacity. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling supports DesiredCapacityType for attribute-based instance type selection only. For more information, see Creating an Auto Scaling group using attribute-based instance type selection in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

By default, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling specifies units , which translates into number of instances.

Valid values: units | vcpu | memory-mib

type DefaultInstanceWarmup

integer

param DefaultInstanceWarmup

The amount of time, in seconds, until a newly launched instance can contribute to the Amazon CloudWatch metrics. This delay lets an instance finish initializing before Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling aggregates instance metrics, resulting in more reliable usage data. Set this value equal to the amount of time that it takes for resource consumption to become stable after an instance reaches the InService state. For more information, see Set the default instance warmup for an Auto Scaling group in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

Warning

To manage your warm-up settings at the group level, we recommend that you set the default instance warmup, even if its value is set to 0 seconds . This also optimizes the performance of scaling policies that scale continuously, such as target tracking and step scaling policies.

If you need to remove a value that you previously set, include the property but specify -1 for the value. However, we strongly recommend keeping the default instance warmup enabled by specifying a minimum value of 0 .

Default: None

returns

None

DescribeAutoScalingGroups (updated) Link ¶
Changes (response)
{'AutoScalingGroups': {'DefaultInstanceWarmup': 'integer'}}

Gets information about the Auto Scaling groups in the account and Region.

If you specify Auto Scaling group names, the output includes information for only the specified Auto Scaling groups. If you specify filters, the output includes information for only those Auto Scaling groups that meet the filter criteria. If you do not specify group names or filters, the output includes information for all Auto Scaling groups.

This operation also returns information about instances in Auto Scaling groups. To retrieve information about the instances in a warm pool, you must call the DescribeWarmPool API.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.describe_auto_scaling_groups(
    AutoScalingGroupNames=[
        'string',
    ],
    NextToken='string',
    MaxRecords=123,
    Filters=[
        {
            'Name': 'string',
            'Values': [
                'string',
            ]
        },
    ]
)
type AutoScalingGroupNames

list

param AutoScalingGroupNames

The names of the Auto Scaling groups. By default, you can only specify up to 50 names. You can optionally increase this limit using the MaxRecords parameter.

If you omit this parameter, all Auto Scaling groups are described.

  • (string) --

type NextToken

string

param NextToken

The token for the next set of items to return. (You received this token from a previous call.)

type MaxRecords

integer

param MaxRecords

The maximum number of items to return with this call. The default value is 50 and the maximum value is 100 .

type Filters

list

param Filters

One or more filters to limit the results based on specific tags.

  • (dict) --

    Describes a filter that is used to return a more specific list of results from a describe operation.

    If you specify multiple filters, the filters are automatically logically joined with an AND , and the request returns only the results that match all of the specified filters.

    For more information, see Tagging Auto Scaling groups and instances in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

    • Name (string) --

      The name of the filter.

      The valid values for Name depend on which API operation you're using with the filter ( DescribeAutoScalingGroups or DescribeTags ).

      DescribeAutoScalingGroups

      Valid values for Name include the following:

      • tag-key - Accepts tag keys. The results only include information about the Auto Scaling groups associated with these tag keys.

      • tag-value - Accepts tag values. The results only include information about the Auto Scaling groups associated with these tag values.

      • tag:<key> - Accepts the key/value combination of the tag. Use the tag key in the filter name and the tag value as the filter value. The results only include information about the Auto Scaling groups associated with the specified key/value combination.

      DescribeTags

      Valid values for Name include the following:

      • auto-scaling-group - Accepts the names of Auto Scaling groups. The results only include information about the tags associated with these Auto Scaling groups.

      • key - Accepts tag keys. The results only include information about the tags associated with these tag keys.

      • value - Accepts tag values. The results only include information about the tags associated with these tag values.

      • propagate-at-launch - Accepts a Boolean value, which specifies whether tags propagate to instances at launch. The results only include information about the tags associated with the specified Boolean value.

    • Values (list) --

      One or more filter values. Filter values are case-sensitive.

      If you specify multiple values for a filter, the values are automatically logically joined with an OR , and the request returns all results that match any of the specified values. For example, specify "tag:environment" for the filter name and "production,development" for the filter values to find Auto Scaling groups with the tag "environment=production" or "environment=development".

      • (string) --

rtype

dict

returns

Response Syntax

{
    'AutoScalingGroups': [
        {
            'AutoScalingGroupName': 'string',
            'AutoScalingGroupARN': 'string',
            'LaunchConfigurationName': 'string',
            'LaunchTemplate': {
                'LaunchTemplateId': 'string',
                'LaunchTemplateName': 'string',
                'Version': 'string'
            },
            'MixedInstancesPolicy': {
                'LaunchTemplate': {
                    'LaunchTemplateSpecification': {
                        'LaunchTemplateId': 'string',
                        'LaunchTemplateName': 'string',
                        'Version': 'string'
                    },
                    'Overrides': [
                        {
                            'InstanceType': 'string',
                            'WeightedCapacity': 'string',
                            'LaunchTemplateSpecification': {
                                'LaunchTemplateId': 'string',
                                'LaunchTemplateName': 'string',
                                'Version': 'string'
                            },
                            'InstanceRequirements': {
                                'VCpuCount': {
                                    'Min': 123,
                                    'Max': 123
                                },
                                'MemoryMiB': {
                                    'Min': 123,
                                    'Max': 123
                                },
                                'CpuManufacturers': [
                                    'intel'|'amd'|'amazon-web-services',
                                ],
                                'MemoryGiBPerVCpu': {
                                    'Min': 123.0,
                                    'Max': 123.0
                                },
                                'ExcludedInstanceTypes': [
                                    'string',
                                ],
                                'InstanceGenerations': [
                                    'current'|'previous',
                                ],
                                'SpotMaxPricePercentageOverLowestPrice': 123,
                                'OnDemandMaxPricePercentageOverLowestPrice': 123,
                                'BareMetal': 'included'|'excluded'|'required',
                                'BurstablePerformance': 'included'|'excluded'|'required',
                                'RequireHibernateSupport': True|False,
                                'NetworkInterfaceCount': {
                                    'Min': 123,
                                    'Max': 123
                                },
                                'LocalStorage': 'included'|'excluded'|'required',
                                'LocalStorageTypes': [
                                    'hdd'|'ssd',
                                ],
                                'TotalLocalStorageGB': {
                                    'Min': 123.0,
                                    'Max': 123.0
                                },
                                'BaselineEbsBandwidthMbps': {
                                    'Min': 123,
                                    'Max': 123
                                },
                                'AcceleratorTypes': [
                                    'gpu'|'fpga'|'inference',
                                ],
                                'AcceleratorCount': {
                                    'Min': 123,
                                    'Max': 123
                                },
                                'AcceleratorManufacturers': [
                                    'nvidia'|'amd'|'amazon-web-services'|'xilinx',
                                ],
                                'AcceleratorNames': [
                                    'a100'|'v100'|'k80'|'t4'|'m60'|'radeon-pro-v520'|'vu9p',
                                ],
                                'AcceleratorTotalMemoryMiB': {
                                    'Min': 123,
                                    'Max': 123
                                }
                            }
                        },
                    ]
                },
                'InstancesDistribution': {
                    'OnDemandAllocationStrategy': 'string',
                    'OnDemandBaseCapacity': 123,
                    'OnDemandPercentageAboveBaseCapacity': 123,
                    'SpotAllocationStrategy': 'string',
                    'SpotInstancePools': 123,
                    'SpotMaxPrice': 'string'
                }
            },
            'MinSize': 123,
            'MaxSize': 123,
            'DesiredCapacity': 123,
            'PredictedCapacity': 123,
            'DefaultCooldown': 123,
            'AvailabilityZones': [
                'string',
            ],
            'LoadBalancerNames': [
                'string',
            ],
            'TargetGroupARNs': [
                'string',
            ],
            'HealthCheckType': 'string',
            'HealthCheckGracePeriod': 123,
            'Instances': [
                {
                    'InstanceId': 'string',
                    'InstanceType': 'string',
                    'AvailabilityZone': 'string',
                    'LifecycleState': 'Pending'|'Pending:Wait'|'Pending:Proceed'|'Quarantined'|'InService'|'Terminating'|'Terminating:Wait'|'Terminating:Proceed'|'Terminated'|'Detaching'|'Detached'|'EnteringStandby'|'Standby'|'Warmed:Pending'|'Warmed:Pending:Wait'|'Warmed:Pending:Proceed'|'Warmed:Terminating'|'Warmed:Terminating:Wait'|'Warmed:Terminating:Proceed'|'Warmed:Terminated'|'Warmed:Stopped'|'Warmed:Running'|'Warmed:Hibernated',
                    'HealthStatus': 'string',
                    'LaunchConfigurationName': 'string',
                    'LaunchTemplate': {
                        'LaunchTemplateId': 'string',
                        'LaunchTemplateName': 'string',
                        'Version': 'string'
                    },
                    'ProtectedFromScaleIn': True|False,
                    'WeightedCapacity': 'string'
                },
            ],
            'CreatedTime': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'SuspendedProcesses': [
                {
                    'ProcessName': 'string',
                    'SuspensionReason': 'string'
                },
            ],
            'PlacementGroup': 'string',
            'VPCZoneIdentifier': 'string',
            'EnabledMetrics': [
                {
                    'Metric': 'string',
                    'Granularity': 'string'
                },
            ],
            'Status': 'string',
            'Tags': [
                {
                    'ResourceId': 'string',
                    'ResourceType': 'string',
                    'Key': 'string',
                    'Value': 'string',
                    'PropagateAtLaunch': True|False
                },
            ],
            'TerminationPolicies': [
                'string',
            ],
            'NewInstancesProtectedFromScaleIn': True|False,
            'ServiceLinkedRoleARN': 'string',
            'MaxInstanceLifetime': 123,
            'CapacityRebalance': True|False,
            'WarmPoolConfiguration': {
                'MaxGroupPreparedCapacity': 123,
                'MinSize': 123,
                'PoolState': 'Stopped'|'Running'|'Hibernated',
                'Status': 'PendingDelete',
                'InstanceReusePolicy': {
                    'ReuseOnScaleIn': True|False
                }
            },
            'WarmPoolSize': 123,
            'Context': 'string',
            'DesiredCapacityType': 'string',
            'DefaultInstanceWarmup': 123
        },
    ],
    'NextToken': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) --

    • AutoScalingGroups (list) --

      The groups.

      • (dict) --

        Describes an Auto Scaling group.

        • AutoScalingGroupName (string) --

          The name of the Auto Scaling group.

        • AutoScalingGroupARN (string) --

          The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Auto Scaling group.

        • LaunchConfigurationName (string) --

          The name of the associated launch configuration.

        • LaunchTemplate (dict) --

          The launch template for the group.

          • LaunchTemplateId (string) --

            The ID of the launch template. To get the template ID, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

            Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

          • LaunchTemplateName (string) --

            The name of the launch template. To get the template name, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

            Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

          • Version (string) --

            The version number, $Latest , or $Default . To get the version number, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions API operation. New launch template versions can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplateVersion API. If the value is $Latest , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the latest version of the launch template when launching instances. If the value is $Default , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the default version of the launch template when launching instances. The default value is $Default .

        • MixedInstancesPolicy (dict) --

          The mixed instances policy for the group.

          • LaunchTemplate (dict) --

            Specifies the launch template to use and the instance types (overrides) that are used to launch EC2 instances to fulfill On-Demand and Spot capacities. Required when creating a mixed instances policy.

            • LaunchTemplateSpecification (dict) --

              The launch template to use.

              • LaunchTemplateId (string) --

                The ID of the launch template. To get the template ID, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

                Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

              • LaunchTemplateName (string) --

                The name of the launch template. To get the template name, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

                Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

              • Version (string) --

                The version number, $Latest , or $Default . To get the version number, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions API operation. New launch template versions can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplateVersion API. If the value is $Latest , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the latest version of the launch template when launching instances. If the value is $Default , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the default version of the launch template when launching instances. The default value is $Default .

            • Overrides (list) --

              Any properties that you specify override the same properties in the launch template. If not provided, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses the instance type or instance type requirements specified in the launch template when it launches an instance.

              The overrides can include either one or more instance types or a set of instance requirements, but not both.

              • (dict) --

                Describes an override for a launch template. For more information, see Configuring overrides in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

                • InstanceType (string) --

                  The instance type, such as m3.xlarge . You must use an instance type that is supported in your requested Region and Availability Zones. For more information, see Instance types in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

                • WeightedCapacity (string) --

                  The number of capacity units provided by the instance type specified in InstanceType in terms of virtual CPUs, memory, storage, throughput, or other relative performance characteristic. When a Spot or On-Demand Instance is launched, the capacity units count toward the desired capacity. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling launches instances until the desired capacity is totally fulfilled, even if this results in an overage. For example, if there are two units remaining to fulfill capacity, and Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling can only launch an instance with a WeightedCapacity of five units, the instance is launched, and the desired capacity is exceeded by three units. For more information, see Configuring instance weighting for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide . Value must be in the range of 1–999.

                • LaunchTemplateSpecification (dict) --

                  Provides a launch template for the specified instance type or instance requirements. For example, some instance types might require a launch template with a different AMI. If not provided, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses the launch template that's defined for your mixed instances policy. For more information, see Specifying a different launch template for an instance type in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

                  • LaunchTemplateId (string) --

                    The ID of the launch template. To get the template ID, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

                    Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

                  • LaunchTemplateName (string) --

                    The name of the launch template. To get the template name, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

                    Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

                  • Version (string) --

                    The version number, $Latest , or $Default . To get the version number, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions API operation. New launch template versions can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplateVersion API. If the value is $Latest , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the latest version of the launch template when launching instances. If the value is $Default , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the default version of the launch template when launching instances. The default value is $Default .

                • InstanceRequirements (dict) --

                  The instance requirements. When you specify instance requirements, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling finds instance types that satisfy your requirements, and then uses your On-Demand and Spot allocation strategies to launch instances from these instance types, in the same way as when you specify a list of specific instance types.

                  • VCpuCount (dict) --

                    The minimum and maximum number of vCPUs for an instance type.

                    • Min (integer) --

                      The minimum number of vCPUs.

                    • Max (integer) --

                      The maximum number of vCPUs.

                  • MemoryMiB (dict) --

                    The minimum and maximum instance memory size for an instance type, in MiB.

                    • Min (integer) --

                      The memory minimum in MiB.

                    • Max (integer) --

                      The memory maximum in MiB.

                  • CpuManufacturers (list) --

                    Lists which specific CPU manufacturers to include.

                    • For instance types with Intel CPUs, specify intel .

                    • For instance types with AMD CPUs, specify amd .

                    • For instance types with Amazon Web Services CPUs, specify amazon-web-services .

                    Note

                    Don't confuse the CPU hardware manufacturer with the CPU hardware architecture. Instances will be launched with a compatible CPU architecture based on the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that you specify in your launch template.

                    Default: Any manufacturer

                    • (string) --

                  • MemoryGiBPerVCpu (dict) --

                    The minimum and maximum amount of memory per vCPU for an instance type, in GiB.

                    Default: No minimum or maximum

                    • Min (float) --

                      The memory minimum in GiB.

                    • Max (float) --

                      The memory maximum in GiB.

                  • ExcludedInstanceTypes (list) --

                    Lists which instance types to exclude. You can use strings with one or more wild cards, represented by an asterisk ( * ). The following are examples: c5* , m5a.* , r* , *3* .

                    For example, if you specify c5* , you are excluding the entire C5 instance family, which includes all C5a and C5n instance types. If you specify m5a.* , you are excluding all the M5a instance types, but not the M5n instance types.

                    Default: No excluded instance types

                    • (string) --

                  • InstanceGenerations (list) --

                    Indicates whether current or previous generation instance types are included.

                    • For current generation instance types, specify current . The current generation includes EC2 instance types currently recommended for use. This typically includes the latest two to three generations in each instance family. For more information, see Instance types in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances .

                    • For previous generation instance types, specify previous .

                    Default: Any current or previous generation

                    • (string) --

                  • SpotMaxPricePercentageOverLowestPrice (integer) --

                    The price protection threshold for Spot Instances. This is the maximum you’ll pay for a Spot Instance, expressed as a percentage higher than the cheapest M, C, or R instance type with your specified attributes. When Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects instance types with your attributes, we will exclude instance types whose price is higher than your threshold. The parameter accepts an integer, which Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling interprets as a percentage. To turn off price protection, specify a high value, such as 999999 .

                    If you set DesiredCapacityType to vcpu or memory-mib , the price protection threshold is applied based on the per vCPU or per memory price instead of the per instance price.

                    Default: 100

                  • OnDemandMaxPricePercentageOverLowestPrice (integer) --

                    The price protection threshold for On-Demand Instances. This is the maximum you’ll pay for an On-Demand Instance, expressed as a percentage higher than the cheapest M, C, or R instance type with your specified attributes. When Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects instance types with your attributes, we will exclude instance types whose price is higher than your threshold. The parameter accepts an integer, which Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling interprets as a percentage. To turn off price protection, specify a high value, such as 999999 .

                    If you set DesiredCapacityType to vcpu or memory-mib , the price protection threshold is applied based on the per vCPU or per memory price instead of the per instance price.

                    Default: 20

                  • BareMetal (string) --

                    Indicates whether bare metal instance types are included, excluded, or required.

                    Default: excluded

                  • BurstablePerformance (string) --

                    Indicates whether burstable performance instance types are included, excluded, or required. For more information, see Burstable performance instances in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances .

                    Default: excluded

                  • RequireHibernateSupport (boolean) --

                    Indicates whether instance types must provide On-Demand Instance hibernation support.

                    Default: false

                  • NetworkInterfaceCount (dict) --

                    The minimum and maximum number of network interfaces for an instance type.

                    Default: No minimum or maximum

                    • Min (integer) --

                      The minimum number of network interfaces.

                    • Max (integer) --

                      The maximum number of network interfaces.

                  • LocalStorage (string) --

                    Indicates whether instance types with instance store volumes are included, excluded, or required. For more information, see Amazon EC2 instance store in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances .

                    Default: included

                  • LocalStorageTypes (list) --

                    Indicates the type of local storage that is required.

                    • For instance types with hard disk drive (HDD) storage, specify hdd .

                    • For instance types with solid state drive (SSD) storage, specify sdd .

                    Default: Any local storage type

                    • (string) --

                  • TotalLocalStorageGB (dict) --

                    The minimum and maximum total local storage size for an instance type, in GB.

                    Default: No minimum or maximum

                    • Min (float) --

                      The storage minimum in GB.

                    • Max (float) --

                      The storage maximum in GB.

                  • BaselineEbsBandwidthMbps (dict) --

                    The minimum and maximum baseline bandwidth performance for an instance type, in Mbps. For more information, see Amazon EBS–optimized instances in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances .

                    Default: No minimum or maximum

                    • Min (integer) --

                      The minimum value in Mbps.

                    • Max (integer) --

                      The maximum value in Mbps.

                  • AcceleratorTypes (list) --

                    Lists the accelerator types that must be on an instance type.

                    • For instance types with GPU accelerators, specify gpu .

                    • For instance types with FPGA accelerators, specify fpga .

                    • For instance types with inference accelerators, specify inference .

                    Default: Any accelerator type

                    • (string) --

                  • AcceleratorCount (dict) --

                    The minimum and maximum number of accelerators (GPUs, FPGAs, or Amazon Web Services Inferentia chips) for an instance type.

                    To exclude accelerator-enabled instance types, set Max to 0 .

                    Default: No minimum or maximum

                    • Min (integer) --

                      The minimum value.

                    • Max (integer) --

                      The maximum value.

                  • AcceleratorManufacturers (list) --

                    Indicates whether instance types must have accelerators by specific manufacturers.

                    • For instance types with NVIDIA devices, specify nvidia .

                    • For instance types with AMD devices, specify amd .

                    • For instance types with Amazon Web Services devices, specify amazon-web-services .

                    • For instance types with Xilinx devices, specify xilinx .

                    Default: Any manufacturer

                    • (string) --

                  • AcceleratorNames (list) --

                    Lists the accelerators that must be on an instance type.

                    • For instance types with NVIDIA A100 GPUs, specify a100 .

                    • For instance types with NVIDIA V100 GPUs, specify v100 .

                    • For instance types with NVIDIA K80 GPUs, specify k80 .

                    • For instance types with NVIDIA T4 GPUs, specify t4 .

                    • For instance types with NVIDIA M60 GPUs, specify m60 .

                    • For instance types with AMD Radeon Pro V520 GPUs, specify radeon-pro-v520 .

                    • For instance types with Xilinx VU9P FPGAs, specify vu9p .

                    Default: Any accelerator

                    • (string) --

                  • AcceleratorTotalMemoryMiB (dict) --

                    The minimum and maximum total memory size for the accelerators on an instance type, in MiB.

                    Default: No minimum or maximum

                    • Min (integer) --

                      The memory minimum in MiB.

                    • Max (integer) --

                      The memory maximum in MiB.

          • InstancesDistribution (dict) --

            Specifies the instances distribution.

            • OnDemandAllocationStrategy (string) --

              The order of the launch template overrides to use in fulfilling On-Demand capacity.

              If you specify lowest-price , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses price to determine the order, launching the lowest price first.

              If you specify prioritized , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses the priority that you assigned to each launch template override, launching the highest priority first. If all your On-Demand capacity cannot be fulfilled using your highest priority instance, then Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling launches the remaining capacity using the second priority instance type, and so on.

              Default: lowest-price for Auto Scaling groups that specify InstanceRequirements in the overrides and prioritized for Auto Scaling groups that don't.

            • OnDemandBaseCapacity (integer) --

              The minimum amount of the Auto Scaling group's capacity that must be fulfilled by On-Demand Instances. This base portion is launched first as your group scales.

              If you specify weights for the instance types in the overrides, the base capacity is measured in the same unit of measurement as the instance types. If you specify InstanceRequirements in the overrides, the base capacity is measured in the same unit of measurement as your group's desired capacity.

              Default: 0

            • OnDemandPercentageAboveBaseCapacity (integer) --

              Controls the percentages of On-Demand Instances and Spot Instances for your additional capacity beyond OnDemandBaseCapacity . Expressed as a number (for example, 20 specifies 20% On-Demand Instances, 80% Spot Instances). If set to 100, only On-Demand Instances are used.

              Default: 100

            • SpotAllocationStrategy (string) --

              Indicates how to allocate instances across Spot Instance pools.

              If the allocation strategy is lowest-price , the Auto Scaling group launches instances using the Spot pools with the lowest price, and evenly allocates your instances across the number of Spot pools that you specify.

              If the allocation strategy is capacity-optimized (recommended), the Auto Scaling group launches instances using Spot pools that are optimally chosen based on the available Spot capacity. Alternatively, you can use capacity-optimized-prioritized and set the order of instance types in the list of launch template overrides from highest to lowest priority (from first to last in the list). Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling honors the instance type priorities on a best-effort basis but optimizes for capacity first.

              Default: lowest-price

            • SpotInstancePools (integer) --

              The number of Spot Instance pools across which to allocate your Spot Instances. The Spot pools are determined from the different instance types in the overrides. Valid only when the Spot allocation strategy is lowest-price . Value must be in the range of 1–20.

              Default: 2

            • SpotMaxPrice (string) --

              The maximum price per unit hour that you are willing to pay for a Spot Instance. If you keep the value at its default (unspecified), Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses the On-Demand price as the maximum Spot price. To remove a value that you previously set, include the property but specify an empty string ("") for the value.

        • MinSize (integer) --

          The minimum size of the group.

        • MaxSize (integer) --

          The maximum size of the group.

        • DesiredCapacity (integer) --

          The desired size of the group.

        • PredictedCapacity (integer) --

          The predicted capacity of the group when it has a predictive scaling policy.

        • DefaultCooldown (integer) --

          The duration of the default cooldown period, in seconds.

        • AvailabilityZones (list) --

          One or more Availability Zones for the group.

          • (string) --

        • LoadBalancerNames (list) --

          One or more load balancers associated with the group.

          • (string) --

        • TargetGroupARNs (list) --

          The Amazon Resource Names (ARN) of the target groups for your load balancer.

          • (string) --

        • HealthCheckType (string) --

          The service to use for the health checks. The valid values are EC2 and ELB . If you configure an Auto Scaling group to use ELB health checks, it considers the instance unhealthy if it fails either the EC2 status checks or the load balancer health checks.

        • HealthCheckGracePeriod (integer) --

          The duration of the health check grace period, in seconds.

        • Instances (list) --

          The EC2 instances associated with the group.

          • (dict) --

            Describes an EC2 instance.

            • InstanceId (string) --

              The ID of the instance.

            • InstanceType (string) --

              The instance type of the EC2 instance.

            • AvailabilityZone (string) --

              The Availability Zone in which the instance is running.

            • LifecycleState (string) --

              A description of the current lifecycle state. The Quarantined state is not used. For information about lifecycle states, see Instance lifecycle in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

            • HealthStatus (string) --

              The last reported health status of the instance. "Healthy" means that the instance is healthy and should remain in service. "Unhealthy" means that the instance is unhealthy and that Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling should terminate and replace it.

            • LaunchConfigurationName (string) --

              The launch configuration associated with the instance.

            • LaunchTemplate (dict) --

              The launch template for the instance.

              • LaunchTemplateId (string) --

                The ID of the launch template. To get the template ID, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

                Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

              • LaunchTemplateName (string) --

                The name of the launch template. To get the template name, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

                Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

              • Version (string) --

                The version number, $Latest , or $Default . To get the version number, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions API operation. New launch template versions can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplateVersion API. If the value is $Latest , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the latest version of the launch template when launching instances. If the value is $Default , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the default version of the launch template when launching instances. The default value is $Default .

            • ProtectedFromScaleIn (boolean) --

              Indicates whether the instance is protected from termination by Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling when scaling in.

            • WeightedCapacity (string) --

              The number of capacity units contributed by the instance based on its instance type.

              Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 999.

        • CreatedTime (datetime) --

          The date and time the group was created.

        • SuspendedProcesses (list) --

          The suspended processes associated with the group.

          • (dict) --

            Describes an auto scaling process that has been suspended.

            For more information, see Scaling processes in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

            • ProcessName (string) --

              The name of the suspended process.

            • SuspensionReason (string) --

              The reason that the process was suspended.

        • PlacementGroup (string) --

          The name of the placement group into which to launch your instances, if any.

        • VPCZoneIdentifier (string) --

          One or more subnet IDs, if applicable, separated by commas.

        • EnabledMetrics (list) --

          The metrics enabled for the group.

          • (dict) --

            Describes an enabled metric.

            • Metric (string) --

              One of the following metrics:

              • GroupMinSize

              • GroupMaxSize

              • GroupDesiredCapacity

              • GroupInServiceInstances

              • GroupPendingInstances

              • GroupStandbyInstances

              • GroupTerminatingInstances

              • GroupTotalInstances

              • GroupInServiceCapacity

              • GroupPendingCapacity

              • GroupStandbyCapacity

              • GroupTerminatingCapacity

              • GroupTotalCapacity

              • WarmPoolDesiredCapacity

              • WarmPoolWarmedCapacity

              • WarmPoolPendingCapacity

              • WarmPoolTerminatingCapacity

              • WarmPoolTotalCapacity

              • GroupAndWarmPoolDesiredCapacity

              • GroupAndWarmPoolTotalCapacity

            • Granularity (string) --

              The granularity of the metric. The only valid value is 1Minute .

        • Status (string) --

          The current state of the group when the DeleteAutoScalingGroup operation is in progress.

        • Tags (list) --

          The tags for the group.

          • (dict) --

            Describes a tag for an Auto Scaling group.

            • ResourceId (string) --

              The name of the group.

            • ResourceType (string) --

              The type of resource. The only supported value is auto-scaling-group .

            • Key (string) --

              The tag key.

            • Value (string) --

              The tag value.

            • PropagateAtLaunch (boolean) --

              Determines whether the tag is added to new instances as they are launched in the group.

        • TerminationPolicies (list) --

          The termination policies for the group.

          • (string) --

        • NewInstancesProtectedFromScaleIn (boolean) --

          Indicates whether newly launched instances are protected from termination by Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling when scaling in.

        • ServiceLinkedRoleARN (string) --

          The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the service-linked role that the Auto Scaling group uses to call other Amazon Web Services on your behalf.

        • MaxInstanceLifetime (integer) --

          The maximum amount of time, in seconds, that an instance can be in service.

          Valid Range: Minimum value of 0.

        • CapacityRebalance (boolean) --

          Indicates whether Capacity Rebalancing is enabled.

        • WarmPoolConfiguration (dict) --

          The warm pool for the group.

          • MaxGroupPreparedCapacity (integer) --

            The maximum number of instances that are allowed to be in the warm pool or in any state except Terminated for the Auto Scaling group.

          • MinSize (integer) --

            The minimum number of instances to maintain in the warm pool.

          • PoolState (string) --

            The instance state to transition to after the lifecycle actions are complete.

          • Status (string) --

            The status of a warm pool that is marked for deletion.

          • InstanceReusePolicy (dict) --

            The instance reuse policy.

            • ReuseOnScaleIn (boolean) --

              Specifies whether instances in the Auto Scaling group can be returned to the warm pool on scale in.

        • WarmPoolSize (integer) --

          The current size of the warm pool.

        • Context (string) --

          Reserved.

        • DesiredCapacityType (string) --

          The unit of measurement for the value specified for desired capacity. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling supports DesiredCapacityType for attribute-based instance type selection only.

        • DefaultInstanceWarmup (integer) --

          The duration of the default instance warmup, in seconds.

    • NextToken (string) --

      A string that indicates that the response contains more items than can be returned in a single response. To receive additional items, specify this string for the NextToken value when requesting the next set of items. This value is null when there are no more items to return.

UpdateAutoScalingGroup (updated) Link ¶
Changes (request)
{'DefaultInstanceWarmup': 'integer'}

We strongly recommend that all Auto Scaling groups use launch templates to ensure full functionality for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling and Amazon EC2.

Updates the configuration for the specified Auto Scaling group.

To update an Auto Scaling group, specify the name of the group and the parameter that you want to change. Any parameters that you don't specify are not changed by this update request. The new settings take effect on any scaling activities after this call returns.

If you associate a new launch configuration or template with an Auto Scaling group, all new instances will get the updated configuration. Existing instances continue to run with the configuration that they were originally launched with. When you update a group to specify a mixed instances policy instead of a launch configuration or template, existing instances may be replaced to match the new purchasing options that you specified in the policy. For example, if the group currently has 100% On-Demand capacity and the policy specifies 50% Spot capacity, this means that half of your instances will be gradually terminated and relaunched as Spot Instances. When replacing instances, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling launches new instances before terminating the old ones, so that updating your group does not compromise the performance or availability of your application.

Note the following about changing DesiredCapacity , MaxSize , or MinSize :

  • If a scale-in activity occurs as a result of a new DesiredCapacity value that is lower than the current size of the group, the Auto Scaling group uses its termination policy to determine which instances to terminate.

  • If you specify a new value for MinSize without specifying a value for DesiredCapacity , and the new MinSize is larger than the current size of the group, this sets the group's DesiredCapacity to the new MinSize value.

  • If you specify a new value for MaxSize without specifying a value for DesiredCapacity , and the new MaxSize is smaller than the current size of the group, this sets the group's DesiredCapacity to the new MaxSize value.

To see which parameters have been set, call the DescribeAutoScalingGroups API. To view the scaling policies for an Auto Scaling group, call the DescribePolicies API. If the group has scaling policies, you can update them by calling the PutScalingPolicy API.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

client.update_auto_scaling_group(
    AutoScalingGroupName='string',
    LaunchConfigurationName='string',
    LaunchTemplate={
        'LaunchTemplateId': 'string',
        'LaunchTemplateName': 'string',
        'Version': 'string'
    },
    MixedInstancesPolicy={
        'LaunchTemplate': {
            'LaunchTemplateSpecification': {
                'LaunchTemplateId': 'string',
                'LaunchTemplateName': 'string',
                'Version': 'string'
            },
            'Overrides': [
                {
                    'InstanceType': 'string',
                    'WeightedCapacity': 'string',
                    'LaunchTemplateSpecification': {
                        'LaunchTemplateId': 'string',
                        'LaunchTemplateName': 'string',
                        'Version': 'string'
                    },
                    'InstanceRequirements': {
                        'VCpuCount': {
                            'Min': 123,
                            'Max': 123
                        },
                        'MemoryMiB': {
                            'Min': 123,
                            'Max': 123
                        },
                        'CpuManufacturers': [
                            'intel'|'amd'|'amazon-web-services',
                        ],
                        'MemoryGiBPerVCpu': {
                            'Min': 123.0,
                            'Max': 123.0
                        },
                        'ExcludedInstanceTypes': [
                            'string',
                        ],
                        'InstanceGenerations': [
                            'current'|'previous',
                        ],
                        'SpotMaxPricePercentageOverLowestPrice': 123,
                        'OnDemandMaxPricePercentageOverLowestPrice': 123,
                        'BareMetal': 'included'|'excluded'|'required',
                        'BurstablePerformance': 'included'|'excluded'|'required',
                        'RequireHibernateSupport': True|False,
                        'NetworkInterfaceCount': {
                            'Min': 123,
                            'Max': 123
                        },
                        'LocalStorage': 'included'|'excluded'|'required',
                        'LocalStorageTypes': [
                            'hdd'|'ssd',
                        ],
                        'TotalLocalStorageGB': {
                            'Min': 123.0,
                            'Max': 123.0
                        },
                        'BaselineEbsBandwidthMbps': {
                            'Min': 123,
                            'Max': 123
                        },
                        'AcceleratorTypes': [
                            'gpu'|'fpga'|'inference',
                        ],
                        'AcceleratorCount': {
                            'Min': 123,
                            'Max': 123
                        },
                        'AcceleratorManufacturers': [
                            'nvidia'|'amd'|'amazon-web-services'|'xilinx',
                        ],
                        'AcceleratorNames': [
                            'a100'|'v100'|'k80'|'t4'|'m60'|'radeon-pro-v520'|'vu9p',
                        ],
                        'AcceleratorTotalMemoryMiB': {
                            'Min': 123,
                            'Max': 123
                        }
                    }
                },
            ]
        },
        'InstancesDistribution': {
            'OnDemandAllocationStrategy': 'string',
            'OnDemandBaseCapacity': 123,
            'OnDemandPercentageAboveBaseCapacity': 123,
            'SpotAllocationStrategy': 'string',
            'SpotInstancePools': 123,
            'SpotMaxPrice': 'string'
        }
    },
    MinSize=123,
    MaxSize=123,
    DesiredCapacity=123,
    DefaultCooldown=123,
    AvailabilityZones=[
        'string',
    ],
    HealthCheckType='string',
    HealthCheckGracePeriod=123,
    PlacementGroup='string',
    VPCZoneIdentifier='string',
    TerminationPolicies=[
        'string',
    ],
    NewInstancesProtectedFromScaleIn=True|False,
    ServiceLinkedRoleARN='string',
    MaxInstanceLifetime=123,
    CapacityRebalance=True|False,
    Context='string',
    DesiredCapacityType='string',
    DefaultInstanceWarmup=123
)
type AutoScalingGroupName

string

param AutoScalingGroupName

[REQUIRED]

The name of the Auto Scaling group.

type LaunchConfigurationName

string

param LaunchConfigurationName

The name of the launch configuration. If you specify LaunchConfigurationName in your update request, you can't specify LaunchTemplate or MixedInstancesPolicy .

type LaunchTemplate

dict

param LaunchTemplate

The launch template and version to use to specify the updates. If you specify LaunchTemplate in your update request, you can't specify LaunchConfigurationName or MixedInstancesPolicy .

  • LaunchTemplateId (string) --

    The ID of the launch template. To get the template ID, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

    Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

  • LaunchTemplateName (string) --

    The name of the launch template. To get the template name, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

    Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

  • Version (string) --

    The version number, $Latest , or $Default . To get the version number, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions API operation. New launch template versions can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplateVersion API. If the value is $Latest , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the latest version of the launch template when launching instances. If the value is $Default , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the default version of the launch template when launching instances. The default value is $Default .

type MixedInstancesPolicy

dict

param MixedInstancesPolicy

An embedded object that specifies a mixed instances policy. For more information, see Auto Scaling groups with multiple instance types and purchase options in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

  • LaunchTemplate (dict) --

    Specifies the launch template to use and the instance types (overrides) that are used to launch EC2 instances to fulfill On-Demand and Spot capacities. Required when creating a mixed instances policy.

    • LaunchTemplateSpecification (dict) --

      The launch template to use.

      • LaunchTemplateId (string) --

        The ID of the launch template. To get the template ID, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

        Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

      • LaunchTemplateName (string) --

        The name of the launch template. To get the template name, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

        Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

      • Version (string) --

        The version number, $Latest , or $Default . To get the version number, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions API operation. New launch template versions can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplateVersion API. If the value is $Latest , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the latest version of the launch template when launching instances. If the value is $Default , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the default version of the launch template when launching instances. The default value is $Default .

    • Overrides (list) --

      Any properties that you specify override the same properties in the launch template. If not provided, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses the instance type or instance type requirements specified in the launch template when it launches an instance.

      The overrides can include either one or more instance types or a set of instance requirements, but not both.

      • (dict) --

        Describes an override for a launch template. For more information, see Configuring overrides in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

        • InstanceType (string) --

          The instance type, such as m3.xlarge . You must use an instance type that is supported in your requested Region and Availability Zones. For more information, see Instance types in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide .

        • WeightedCapacity (string) --

          The number of capacity units provided by the instance type specified in InstanceType in terms of virtual CPUs, memory, storage, throughput, or other relative performance characteristic. When a Spot or On-Demand Instance is launched, the capacity units count toward the desired capacity. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling launches instances until the desired capacity is totally fulfilled, even if this results in an overage. For example, if there are two units remaining to fulfill capacity, and Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling can only launch an instance with a WeightedCapacity of five units, the instance is launched, and the desired capacity is exceeded by three units. For more information, see Configuring instance weighting for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide . Value must be in the range of 1–999.

        • LaunchTemplateSpecification (dict) --

          Provides a launch template for the specified instance type or instance requirements. For example, some instance types might require a launch template with a different AMI. If not provided, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses the launch template that's defined for your mixed instances policy. For more information, see Specifying a different launch template for an instance type in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

          • LaunchTemplateId (string) --

            The ID of the launch template. To get the template ID, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

            Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

          • LaunchTemplateName (string) --

            The name of the launch template. To get the template name, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplates API operation. New launch templates can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplate API.

            Conditional: You must specify either a LaunchTemplateId or a LaunchTemplateName .

          • Version (string) --

            The version number, $Latest , or $Default . To get the version number, use the Amazon EC2 DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions API operation. New launch template versions can be created using the Amazon EC2 CreateLaunchTemplateVersion API. If the value is $Latest , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the latest version of the launch template when launching instances. If the value is $Default , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects the default version of the launch template when launching instances. The default value is $Default .

        • InstanceRequirements (dict) --

          The instance requirements. When you specify instance requirements, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling finds instance types that satisfy your requirements, and then uses your On-Demand and Spot allocation strategies to launch instances from these instance types, in the same way as when you specify a list of specific instance types.

          • VCpuCount (dict) -- [REQUIRED]

            The minimum and maximum number of vCPUs for an instance type.

            • Min (integer) -- [REQUIRED]

              The minimum number of vCPUs.

            • Max (integer) --

              The maximum number of vCPUs.

          • MemoryMiB (dict) -- [REQUIRED]

            The minimum and maximum instance memory size for an instance type, in MiB.

            • Min (integer) -- [REQUIRED]

              The memory minimum in MiB.

            • Max (integer) --

              The memory maximum in MiB.

          • CpuManufacturers (list) --

            Lists which specific CPU manufacturers to include.

            • For instance types with Intel CPUs, specify intel .

            • For instance types with AMD CPUs, specify amd .

            • For instance types with Amazon Web Services CPUs, specify amazon-web-services .

            Note

            Don't confuse the CPU hardware manufacturer with the CPU hardware architecture. Instances will be launched with a compatible CPU architecture based on the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that you specify in your launch template.

            Default: Any manufacturer

            • (string) --

          • MemoryGiBPerVCpu (dict) --

            The minimum and maximum amount of memory per vCPU for an instance type, in GiB.

            Default: No minimum or maximum

            • Min (float) --

              The memory minimum in GiB.

            • Max (float) --

              The memory maximum in GiB.

          • ExcludedInstanceTypes (list) --

            Lists which instance types to exclude. You can use strings with one or more wild cards, represented by an asterisk ( * ). The following are examples: c5* , m5a.* , r* , *3* .

            For example, if you specify c5* , you are excluding the entire C5 instance family, which includes all C5a and C5n instance types. If you specify m5a.* , you are excluding all the M5a instance types, but not the M5n instance types.

            Default: No excluded instance types

            • (string) --

          • InstanceGenerations (list) --

            Indicates whether current or previous generation instance types are included.

            • For current generation instance types, specify current . The current generation includes EC2 instance types currently recommended for use. This typically includes the latest two to three generations in each instance family. For more information, see Instance types in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances .

            • For previous generation instance types, specify previous .

            Default: Any current or previous generation

            • (string) --

          • SpotMaxPricePercentageOverLowestPrice (integer) --

            The price protection threshold for Spot Instances. This is the maximum you’ll pay for a Spot Instance, expressed as a percentage higher than the cheapest M, C, or R instance type with your specified attributes. When Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects instance types with your attributes, we will exclude instance types whose price is higher than your threshold. The parameter accepts an integer, which Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling interprets as a percentage. To turn off price protection, specify a high value, such as 999999 .

            If you set DesiredCapacityType to vcpu or memory-mib , the price protection threshold is applied based on the per vCPU or per memory price instead of the per instance price.

            Default: 100

          • OnDemandMaxPricePercentageOverLowestPrice (integer) --

            The price protection threshold for On-Demand Instances. This is the maximum you’ll pay for an On-Demand Instance, expressed as a percentage higher than the cheapest M, C, or R instance type with your specified attributes. When Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling selects instance types with your attributes, we will exclude instance types whose price is higher than your threshold. The parameter accepts an integer, which Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling interprets as a percentage. To turn off price protection, specify a high value, such as 999999 .

            If you set DesiredCapacityType to vcpu or memory-mib , the price protection threshold is applied based on the per vCPU or per memory price instead of the per instance price.

            Default: 20

          • BareMetal (string) --

            Indicates whether bare metal instance types are included, excluded, or required.

            Default: excluded

          • BurstablePerformance (string) --

            Indicates whether burstable performance instance types are included, excluded, or required. For more information, see Burstable performance instances in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances .

            Default: excluded

          • RequireHibernateSupport (boolean) --

            Indicates whether instance types must provide On-Demand Instance hibernation support.

            Default: false

          • NetworkInterfaceCount (dict) --

            The minimum and maximum number of network interfaces for an instance type.

            Default: No minimum or maximum

            • Min (integer) --

              The minimum number of network interfaces.

            • Max (integer) --

              The maximum number of network interfaces.

          • LocalStorage (string) --

            Indicates whether instance types with instance store volumes are included, excluded, or required. For more information, see Amazon EC2 instance store in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances .

            Default: included

          • LocalStorageTypes (list) --

            Indicates the type of local storage that is required.

            • For instance types with hard disk drive (HDD) storage, specify hdd .

            • For instance types with solid state drive (SSD) storage, specify sdd .

            Default: Any local storage type

            • (string) --

          • TotalLocalStorageGB (dict) --

            The minimum and maximum total local storage size for an instance type, in GB.

            Default: No minimum or maximum

            • Min (float) --

              The storage minimum in GB.

            • Max (float) --

              The storage maximum in GB.

          • BaselineEbsBandwidthMbps (dict) --

            The minimum and maximum baseline bandwidth performance for an instance type, in Mbps. For more information, see Amazon EBS–optimized instances in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances .

            Default: No minimum or maximum

            • Min (integer) --

              The minimum value in Mbps.

            • Max (integer) --

              The maximum value in Mbps.

          • AcceleratorTypes (list) --

            Lists the accelerator types that must be on an instance type.

            • For instance types with GPU accelerators, specify gpu .

            • For instance types with FPGA accelerators, specify fpga .

            • For instance types with inference accelerators, specify inference .

            Default: Any accelerator type

            • (string) --

          • AcceleratorCount (dict) --

            The minimum and maximum number of accelerators (GPUs, FPGAs, or Amazon Web Services Inferentia chips) for an instance type.

            To exclude accelerator-enabled instance types, set Max to 0 .

            Default: No minimum or maximum

            • Min (integer) --

              The minimum value.

            • Max (integer) --

              The maximum value.

          • AcceleratorManufacturers (list) --

            Indicates whether instance types must have accelerators by specific manufacturers.

            • For instance types with NVIDIA devices, specify nvidia .

            • For instance types with AMD devices, specify amd .

            • For instance types with Amazon Web Services devices, specify amazon-web-services .

            • For instance types with Xilinx devices, specify xilinx .

            Default: Any manufacturer

            • (string) --

          • AcceleratorNames (list) --

            Lists the accelerators that must be on an instance type.

            • For instance types with NVIDIA A100 GPUs, specify a100 .

            • For instance types with NVIDIA V100 GPUs, specify v100 .

            • For instance types with NVIDIA K80 GPUs, specify k80 .

            • For instance types with NVIDIA T4 GPUs, specify t4 .

            • For instance types with NVIDIA M60 GPUs, specify m60 .

            • For instance types with AMD Radeon Pro V520 GPUs, specify radeon-pro-v520 .

            • For instance types with Xilinx VU9P FPGAs, specify vu9p .

            Default: Any accelerator

            • (string) --

          • AcceleratorTotalMemoryMiB (dict) --

            The minimum and maximum total memory size for the accelerators on an instance type, in MiB.

            Default: No minimum or maximum

            • Min (integer) --

              The memory minimum in MiB.

            • Max (integer) --

              The memory maximum in MiB.

  • InstancesDistribution (dict) --

    Specifies the instances distribution.

    • OnDemandAllocationStrategy (string) --

      The order of the launch template overrides to use in fulfilling On-Demand capacity.

      If you specify lowest-price , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses price to determine the order, launching the lowest price first.

      If you specify prioritized , Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses the priority that you assigned to each launch template override, launching the highest priority first. If all your On-Demand capacity cannot be fulfilled using your highest priority instance, then Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling launches the remaining capacity using the second priority instance type, and so on.

      Default: lowest-price for Auto Scaling groups that specify InstanceRequirements in the overrides and prioritized for Auto Scaling groups that don't.

    • OnDemandBaseCapacity (integer) --

      The minimum amount of the Auto Scaling group's capacity that must be fulfilled by On-Demand Instances. This base portion is launched first as your group scales.

      If you specify weights for the instance types in the overrides, the base capacity is measured in the same unit of measurement as the instance types. If you specify InstanceRequirements in the overrides, the base capacity is measured in the same unit of measurement as your group's desired capacity.

      Default: 0

    • OnDemandPercentageAboveBaseCapacity (integer) --

      Controls the percentages of On-Demand Instances and Spot Instances for your additional capacity beyond OnDemandBaseCapacity . Expressed as a number (for example, 20 specifies 20% On-Demand Instances, 80% Spot Instances). If set to 100, only On-Demand Instances are used.

      Default: 100

    • SpotAllocationStrategy (string) --

      Indicates how to allocate instances across Spot Instance pools.

      If the allocation strategy is lowest-price , the Auto Scaling group launches instances using the Spot pools with the lowest price, and evenly allocates your instances across the number of Spot pools that you specify.

      If the allocation strategy is capacity-optimized (recommended), the Auto Scaling group launches instances using Spot pools that are optimally chosen based on the available Spot capacity. Alternatively, you can use capacity-optimized-prioritized and set the order of instance types in the list of launch template overrides from highest to lowest priority (from first to last in the list). Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling honors the instance type priorities on a best-effort basis but optimizes for capacity first.

      Default: lowest-price

    • SpotInstancePools (integer) --

      The number of Spot Instance pools across which to allocate your Spot Instances. The Spot pools are determined from the different instance types in the overrides. Valid only when the Spot allocation strategy is lowest-price . Value must be in the range of 1–20.

      Default: 2

    • SpotMaxPrice (string) --

      The maximum price per unit hour that you are willing to pay for a Spot Instance. If you keep the value at its default (unspecified), Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses the On-Demand price as the maximum Spot price. To remove a value that you previously set, include the property but specify an empty string ("") for the value.

type MinSize

integer

param MinSize

The minimum size of the Auto Scaling group.

type MaxSize

integer

param MaxSize

The maximum size of the Auto Scaling group.

Note

With a mixed instances policy that uses instance weighting, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling may need to go above MaxSize to meet your capacity requirements. In this event, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling will never go above MaxSize by more than your largest instance weight (weights that define how many units each instance contributes to the desired capacity of the group).

type DesiredCapacity

integer

param DesiredCapacity

The desired capacity is the initial capacity of the Auto Scaling group after this operation completes and the capacity it attempts to maintain. This number must be greater than or equal to the minimum size of the group and less than or equal to the maximum size of the group.

type DefaultCooldown

integer

param DefaultCooldown

Only needed if you use simple scaling policies.

The amount of time, in seconds, between one scaling activity ending and another one starting due to simple scaling policies. For more information, see Scaling cooldowns for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

type AvailabilityZones

list

param AvailabilityZones

One or more Availability Zones for the group.

  • (string) --

type HealthCheckType

string

param HealthCheckType

The service to use for the health checks. The valid values are EC2 and ELB . If you configure an Auto Scaling group to use ELB health checks, it considers the instance unhealthy if it fails either the EC2 status checks or the load balancer health checks.

type HealthCheckGracePeriod

integer

param HealthCheckGracePeriod

The amount of time, in seconds, that Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling waits before checking the health status of an EC2 instance that has come into service and marking it unhealthy due to a failed Elastic Load Balancing or custom health check. This is useful if your instances do not immediately pass these health checks after they enter the InService state. For more information, see Health check grace period in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

type PlacementGroup

string

param PlacementGroup

The name of an existing placement group into which to launch your instances. For more information, see Placement groups in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances .

Note

A cluster placement group is a logical grouping of instances within a single Availability Zone. You cannot specify multiple Availability Zones and a cluster placement group.

type VPCZoneIdentifier

string

param VPCZoneIdentifier

A comma-separated list of subnet IDs for a virtual private cloud (VPC). If you specify VPCZoneIdentifier with AvailabilityZones , the subnets that you specify for this parameter must reside in those Availability Zones.

type TerminationPolicies

list

param TerminationPolicies

A policy or a list of policies that are used to select the instances to terminate. The policies are executed in the order that you list them. For more information, see Controlling which Auto Scaling instances terminate during scale in in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

  • (string) --

type NewInstancesProtectedFromScaleIn

boolean

param NewInstancesProtectedFromScaleIn

Indicates whether newly launched instances are protected from termination by Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling when scaling in. For more information about preventing instances from terminating on scale in, see Using instance scale-in protection in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

type ServiceLinkedRoleARN

string

param ServiceLinkedRoleARN

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the service-linked role that the Auto Scaling group uses to call other Amazon Web Services on your behalf. For more information, see Service-linked roles in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

type MaxInstanceLifetime

integer

param MaxInstanceLifetime

The maximum amount of time, in seconds, that an instance can be in service. The default is null. If specified, the value must be either 0 or a number equal to or greater than 86,400 seconds (1 day). To clear a previously set value, specify a new value of 0. For more information, see Replacing Auto Scaling instances based on maximum instance lifetime in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

type CapacityRebalance

boolean

param CapacityRebalance

Enables or disables Capacity Rebalancing. For more information, see Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Capacity Rebalancing in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

type Context

string

param Context

Reserved.

type DesiredCapacityType

string

param DesiredCapacityType

The unit of measurement for the value specified for desired capacity. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling supports DesiredCapacityType for attribute-based instance type selection only. For more information, see Creating an Auto Scaling group using attribute-based instance type selection in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

By default, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling specifies units , which translates into number of instances.

Valid values: units | vcpu | memory-mib

type DefaultInstanceWarmup

integer

param DefaultInstanceWarmup

The amount of time, in seconds, until a newly launched instance can contribute to the Amazon CloudWatch metrics. This delay lets an instance finish initializing before Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling aggregates instance metrics, resulting in more reliable usage data. Set this value equal to the amount of time that it takes for resource consumption to become stable after an instance reaches the InService state. For more information, see Set the default instance warmup for an Auto Scaling group in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

Warning

To manage your warm-up settings at the group level, we recommend that you set the default instance warmup, even if its value is set to 0 seconds . This also optimizes the performance of scaling policies that scale continuously, such as target tracking and step scaling policies.

If you need to remove a value that you previously set, include the property but specify -1 for the value. However, we strongly recommend keeping the default instance warmup enabled by specifying a minimum value of 0 .

returns

None