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Decommission Group and Launch Configuration

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Recipe · 3 steps

Decommission Group and Launch Configuration

with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling · Capacity & Performance Management

Delete an Auto Scaling group, verify removal, and delete its launch configuration.

  1. Delete the Auto Scaling group, optionally forcing termination of all its instances.
  2. Describe groups filtered by name and branch on whether the deleted group is fully gone before removing the launch configuration.
  3. Delete the launch configuration that backed the now-removed Auto Scaling group.
What you'll need to have ready
  • autoScalingGroupName: The name of the Auto Scaling group to delete.
  • launchConfigurationName: The name of the launch configuration to delete after the group is gone.
  • forceDelete: Whether to delete the group along with all its instances without waiting for termination.
For your developer

Arazzo workflow amazon-ec2-auto-scaling:decommission-group-and-launch-configuration, 3 operations: DeleteAutoScalingGroup → DescribeAutoScalingGroups → DeleteLaunchConfiguration. Specs on APIs.io.