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Use AttachInstances with a CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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There are more AWS SDK examples available in the AWS Doc SDK Examples GitHub repo.

Use AttachInstances with a CLI

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The following code examples show how to use AttachInstances.

CLI
AWS CLI

To attach an instance to an Auto Scaling group

This example attaches the specified instance to the specified Auto Scaling group.

aws autoscaling attach-instances \
    --instance-ids i-061c63c5eb45f0416 \
    --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg

This command produces no output.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example attaches the specified instance to the specified Auto Scaling group. Auto Scaling automatically increases the desired capacity of the Auto Scaling group.

Mount-ASInstance -InstanceId i-93633f9b -AutoScalingGroupName my-asg

  • For API details, see AttachInstances in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

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AWS CLI

To attach an instance to an Auto Scaling group

This example attaches the specified instance to the specified Auto Scaling group.

aws autoscaling attach-instances \
    --instance-ids i-061c63c5eb45f0416 \
    --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg

This command produces no output.

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