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Auto Scaling Plans examples using AWS CLI

The following code examples show you how to perform actions and implement common scenarios by using the AWS Command Line Interface with Auto Scaling Plans.

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The following code example shows how to use create-scaling-plan.

AWS CLI

To create a scaling plan

The following create-scaling-plan example creates a scaling plan named my-scaling-plan using an already-created JSON file (named config.json). The structure of the scaling plan includes a scaling instruction for an Auto Scaling group named my-asg. It specifies the TagFilters property as the application source and enables predictive scaling and dynamic scaling.

aws autoscaling-plans create-scaling-plan \
    --scaling-plan-name my-scaling-plan \
    --cli-input-json file://~/config.json

Contents of config.json file:

{
    "ApplicationSource": {
        "TagFilters": [
            {
                "Key": "purpose",
                "Values": [
                    "my-application"
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "ScalingInstructions": [
        {
            "ServiceNamespace": "autoscaling",
            "ResourceId": "autoScalingGroup/my-asg",
            "ScalableDimension": "autoscaling:autoScalingGroup:DesiredCapacity",
            "ScheduledActionBufferTime": 300,
            "PredictiveScalingMaxCapacityBehavior": "SetForecastCapacityToMaxCapacity",
            "PredictiveScalingMode": "ForecastAndScale",
            "PredefinedLoadMetricSpecification": {
                "PredefinedLoadMetricType": "ASGTotalCPUUtilization"
            },
            "ScalingPolicyUpdateBehavior": "ReplaceExternalPolicies",
            "MinCapacity": 1,
            "MaxCapacity": 4,
            "TargetTrackingConfigurations": [
                {
                    "PredefinedScalingMetricSpecification": {
                        "PredefinedScalingMetricType": "ASGAverageCPUUtilization"
                    },
                    "TargetValue": 50
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Output:

{
"ScalingPlanVersion": 1
}

For more information, see the AWS Auto Scaling User Guide.

The following code example shows how to use delete-scaling-plan.

AWS CLI

To delete a scaling plan

The following delete-scaling-plan example deletes the specified scaling plan.

aws autoscaling-plans delete-scaling-plan \
    --scaling-plan-name my-scaling-plan \
    --scaling-plan-version 1

This command produces no output.

For more information, see the AWS Auto Scaling User Guide.

The following code example shows how to use describe-scaling-plan-resources.

AWS CLI

To describe the scalable resources for a scaling plan

The following describe-scaling-plan-resources example displays details about the single scalable resource (an Auto Scaling group) that is associated with the specified scaling plan.

aws autoscaling-plans describe-scaling-plan-resources \
    --scaling-plan-name my-scaling-plan \
    --scaling-plan-version 1

Output:

{
    "ScalingPlanResources": [
        {
            "ScalableDimension": "autoscaling:autoScalingGroup:DesiredCapacity",
            "ScalingPlanVersion": 1,
            "ResourceId": "autoScalingGroup/my-asg",
            "ScalingStatusCode": "Active",
            "ScalingStatusMessage": "Target tracking scaling policies have been applied to the resource.",
            "ScalingPolicies": [
                {
                    "PolicyName": "AutoScaling-my-asg-b1ab65ae-4be3-4634-bd64-c7471662b251",
                    "PolicyType": "TargetTrackingScaling",
                    "TargetTrackingConfiguration": {
                        "PredefinedScalingMetricSpecification": {
                            "PredefinedScalingMetricType": "ALBRequestCountPerTarget",
                            "ResourceLabel": "app/my-alb/f37c06a68c1748aa/targetgroup/my-target-group/6d4ea56ca2d6a18d"
                        },
                        "TargetValue": 40.0
                    }
                }
            ],
            "ServiceNamespace": "autoscaling",
            "ScalingPlanName": "my-scaling-plan"
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see What Is AWS Auto Scaling? in the AWS Auto Scaling User Guide.

The following code example shows how to use describe-scaling-plans.

AWS CLI

To describe a scaling plan

The following describe-scaling-plans example displays the details of the specified scaling plan.

aws autoscaling-plans describe-scaling-plans \
    --scaling-plan-names scaling-plan-with-asg-and-ddb

Output:

{
    "ScalingPlans": [
        {
            "LastMutatingRequestTime": 1565388443.963,
            "ScalingPlanVersion": 1,
            "CreationTime": 1565388443.963,
            "ScalingInstructions": [
                {
                    "ScalingPolicyUpdateBehavior": "ReplaceExternalPolicies",
                    "ScalableDimension": "autoscaling:autoScalingGroup:DesiredCapacity",
                    "TargetTrackingConfigurations": [
                        {
                            "PredefinedScalingMetricSpecification": {
                                "PredefinedScalingMetricType": "ASGAverageCPUUtilization"
                            },
                            "TargetValue": 50.0,
                            "EstimatedInstanceWarmup": 300,
                            "DisableScaleIn": false
                        }
                    ],
                    "ResourceId": "autoScalingGroup/my-asg",
                    "DisableDynamicScaling": false,
                    "MinCapacity": 1,
                    "ServiceNamespace": "autoscaling",
                    "MaxCapacity": 10
                },
                {
                    "ScalingPolicyUpdateBehavior": "ReplaceExternalPolicies",
                    "ScalableDimension": "dynamodb:table:ReadCapacityUnits",
                    "TargetTrackingConfigurations": [
                        {
                            "PredefinedScalingMetricSpecification": {
                                "PredefinedScalingMetricType": "DynamoDBReadCapacityUtilization"
                            },
                            "TargetValue": 50.0,
                            "ScaleInCooldown": 60,
                            "DisableScaleIn": false,
                            "ScaleOutCooldown": 60
                        }
                    ],
                    "ResourceId": "table/my-table",
                    "DisableDynamicScaling": false,
                    "MinCapacity": 5,
                    "ServiceNamespace": "dynamodb",
                    "MaxCapacity": 10000
                },
                {
                    "ScalingPolicyUpdateBehavior": "ReplaceExternalPolicies",
                    "ScalableDimension": "dynamodb:table:WriteCapacityUnits",
                    "TargetTrackingConfigurations": [
                        {
                            "PredefinedScalingMetricSpecification": {
                                "PredefinedScalingMetricType": "DynamoDBWriteCapacityUtilization"
                            },
                            "TargetValue": 50.0,
                            "ScaleInCooldown": 60,
                            "DisableScaleIn": false,
                            "ScaleOutCooldown": 60
                        }
                    ],
                    "ResourceId": "table/my-table",
                    "DisableDynamicScaling": false,
                    "MinCapacity": 5,
                    "ServiceNamespace": "dynamodb",
                    "MaxCapacity": 10000
                }
            ],
            "ApplicationSource": {
                "TagFilters": [
                    {
                        "Values": [
                            "my-application-id"
                        ],
                        "Key": "application"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "StatusStartTime": 1565388455.836,
            "ScalingPlanName": "scaling-plan-with-asg-and-ddb",
            "StatusMessage": "Scaling plan has been created and applied to all resources.",
            "StatusCode": "Active"
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see What Is AWS Auto Scaling? in the AWS Auto Scaling User Guide.

The following code example shows how to use get-scaling-plan-resource-forecast-data.

AWS CLI

To retrieve load forecast data

This example retrieves load forecast data for a scalable resource (an Auto Scaling group) that is associated with the specified scaling plan.

aws autoscaling-plans get-scaling-plan-resource-forecast-data \
    --scaling-plan-name my-scaling-plan \
    --scaling-plan-version 1 \
    --service-namespace "autoscaling" \
    --resource-id autoScalingGroup/my-asg \
    --scalable-dimension "autoscaling:autoScalingGroup:DesiredCapacity" \
    --forecast-data-type "LoadForecast" \
    --start-time "2019-08-30T00:00:00Z" \
    --end-time "2019-09-06T00:00:00Z"

Output:

{
    "Datapoints": [...]
}

For more information, see What Is AWS Auto Scaling in the AWS Auto Scaling User Guide.

The following code example shows how to use update-scaling-plan.

AWS CLI

To update a scaling plan

The following update-scaling-plan example modifies the scaling metric for an Auto Scaling group in the specified scaling plan.

aws autoscaling-plans update-scaling-plan \
    --scaling-plan-name my-scaling-plan \
    --scaling-plan-version 1 \
    --scaling-instructions '{"ScalableDimension":"autoscaling:autoScalingGroup:DesiredCapacity","ResourceId":"autoScalingGroup/my-asg","ServiceNamespace":"autoscaling","TargetTrackingConfigurations":[{"PredefinedScalingMetricSpecification": {"PredefinedScalingMetricType":"ALBRequestCountPerTarget","ResourceLabel":"app/my-alb/f37c06a68c1748aa/targetgroup/my-target-group/6d4ea56ca2d6a18d"},"TargetValue":40.0}],"MinCapacity": 1,"MaxCapacity": 10}'

This command produces no output.

For more information, see What Is AWS Auto Scaling? in the AWS Auto Scaling User Guide.