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Use DescribeAccountLimits with a CLI

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Use DescribeAccountLimits with a CLI - Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

The following code examples show how to use DescribeAccountLimits.

CLI
AWS CLI

To describe your Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling account limits

This example describes the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling limits for your AWS account.

aws autoscaling describe-account-limits

Output:

{ "NumberOfLaunchConfigurations": 5, "MaxNumberOfLaunchConfigurations": 100, "NumberOfAutoScalingGroups": 3, "MaxNumberOfAutoScalingGroups": 20 }

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

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example describes the Auto Scaling resource limits for your AWS account.

Get-ASAccountLimit

Output:

MaxNumberOfAutoScalingGroups : 20 MaxNumberOfLaunchConfigurations : 100
AWS CLI

To describe your Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling account limits

This example describes the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling limits for your AWS account.

aws autoscaling describe-account-limits

Output:

{ "NumberOfLaunchConfigurations": 5, "MaxNumberOfLaunchConfigurations": 100, "NumberOfAutoScalingGroups": 3, "MaxNumberOfAutoScalingGroups": 20 }

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

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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