Configure and Execute Scaling Policy
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Recipe · 3 steps
Configure and Execute Scaling Policy
with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling · Capacity & Performance Management
Create a scaling policy, verify it, and execute it for an Auto Scaling group.
- Create or update a simple scaling policy on the Auto Scaling group and capture the returned policy ARN.
- Describe the policies on the group to confirm the new policy is registered.
- Execute the scaling policy by name to trigger a scaling activity on the group.
What you'll need to have ready
- autoScalingGroupName: The name of the Auto Scaling group to attach the policy to.
- policyName: The name of the scaling policy.
- adjustmentType: How the adjustment is interpreted (ChangeInCapacity, ExactCapacity, or PercentChangeInCapacity).
- scalingAdjustment: The amount to scale by for a SimpleScaling policy (positive adds, negative removes).
- honorCooldown: Whether to wait for the cooldown period before executing the policy.
For your developer
Arazzo workflow amazon-ec2-auto-scaling:configure-and-execute-scaling-policy, 3 operations: PutScalingPolicy → DescribePolicies → ExecutePolicy. Specs on APIs.io.