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DescribeScalingPlans - AWS Auto Scaling

DescribeScalingPlans

Describes one or more of your scaling plans.

Request Syntax

{ "ApplicationSources": [ { "CloudFormationStackARN": "string", "TagFilters": [ { "Key": "string", "Values": [ "string" ] } ] } ], "MaxResults": number, "NextToken": "string", "ScalingPlanNames": [ "string" ], "ScalingPlanVersion": number }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

ApplicationSources

The sources for the applications (up to 10). If you specify scaling plan names, you cannot specify application sources.

Type: Array of ApplicationSource objects

Required: No

MaxResults

The maximum number of scalable resources to return. This value can be between 1 and 50. The default value is 50.

Type: Integer

Required: No

NextToken

The token for the next set of results.

Type: String

Required: No

ScalingPlanNames

The names of the scaling plans (up to 10). If you specify application sources, you cannot specify scaling plan names.

Type: Array of strings

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [\p{Print}&&[^|:/]]+

Required: No

ScalingPlanVersion

The version number of the scaling plan. Currently, the only valid value is 1.

Note

If you specify a scaling plan version, you must also specify a scaling plan name.

Type: Long

Required: No

Response Syntax

{ "NextToken": "string", "ScalingPlans": [ { "ApplicationSource": { "CloudFormationStackARN": "string", "TagFilters": [ { "Key": "string", "Values": [ "string" ] } ] }, "CreationTime": number, "ScalingInstructions": [ { "CustomizedLoadMetricSpecification": { "Dimensions": [ { "Name": "string", "Value": "string" } ], "MetricName": "string", "Namespace": "string", "Statistic": "string", "Unit": "string" }, "DisableDynamicScaling": boolean, "MaxCapacity": number, "MinCapacity": number, "PredefinedLoadMetricSpecification": { "PredefinedLoadMetricType": "string", "ResourceLabel": "string" }, "PredictiveScalingMaxCapacityBehavior": "string", "PredictiveScalingMaxCapacityBuffer": number, "PredictiveScalingMode": "string", "ResourceId": "string", "ScalableDimension": "string", "ScalingPolicyUpdateBehavior": "string", "ScheduledActionBufferTime": number, "ServiceNamespace": "string", "TargetTrackingConfigurations": [ { "CustomizedScalingMetricSpecification": { "Dimensions": [ { "Name": "string", "Value": "string" } ], "MetricName": "string", "Namespace": "string", "Statistic": "string", "Unit": "string" }, "DisableScaleIn": boolean, "EstimatedInstanceWarmup": number, "PredefinedScalingMetricSpecification": { "PredefinedScalingMetricType": "string", "ResourceLabel": "string" }, "ScaleInCooldown": number, "ScaleOutCooldown": number, "TargetValue": number } ] } ], "ScalingPlanName": "string", "ScalingPlanVersion": number, "StatusCode": "string", "StatusMessage": "string", "StatusStartTime": number } ] }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

NextToken

The token required to get the next set of results. This value is null if there are no more results to return.

Type: String

ScalingPlans

Information about the scaling plans.

Type: Array of ScalingPlan objects

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

ConcurrentUpdateException

Concurrent updates caused an exception, for example, if you request an update to a scaling plan that already has a pending update.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InternalServiceException

The service encountered an internal error.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidNextTokenException

The token provided is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ValidationException

An exception was thrown for a validation issue. Review the parameters provided.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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