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Use DeleteLifecycleHook with a CLI

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Use DeleteLifecycleHook with a CLI - Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

The following code examples show how to use DeleteLifecycleHook.

CLI
AWS CLI

To delete a lifecycle hook

This example deletes the specified lifecycle hook.

aws autoscaling delete-lifecycle-hook \
    --lifecycle-hook-name my-lifecycle-hook \
    --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg

This command produces no output.

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Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example deletes the specified lifecycle hook for the specified Auto Scaling group. You are prompted for confirmation before the operation proceeds.

Remove-ASLifecycleHook -AutoScalingGroupName my-asg -LifecycleHookName myLifecycleHook

Output:

Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing operation "Remove-ASLifecycleHook (DeleteLifecycleHook)" on Target "myLifecycleHook".
[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"):

Example 2: If you specify the Force parameter, you are not prompted for confirmation before the operation proceeds.

Remove-ASLifecycleHook -AutoScalingGroupName my-asg -LifecycleHookName myLifecycleHook -Force
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AWS CLI

To delete a lifecycle hook

This example deletes the specified lifecycle hook.

aws autoscaling delete-lifecycle-hook \
    --lifecycle-hook-name my-lifecycle-hook \
    --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg

This command produces no output.

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using this service with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.

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