Use DescribeMetricCollectionTypes with a CLI

To describe the available metric collection types

This example describes the available metric collection types.

aws autoscaling describe-metric-collection-types

Output:

{
    "Metrics": [
        {
            "Metric": "GroupMinSize"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupMaxSize"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupDesiredCapacity"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupInServiceInstances"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupInServiceCapacity"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupPendingInstances"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupPendingCapacity"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupTerminatingInstances"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupTerminatingCapacity"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupStandbyInstances"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupStandbyCapacity"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupTotalInstances"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupTotalCapacity"
        }
    ],
    "Granularities": [
        {
            "Granularity": "1Minute"
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Auto Scaling group metrics in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide.

Example 1: This example lists the metric collection types that are supported by Auto Scaling.

(Get-ASMetricCollectionType).Metrics

Output:

Metric
------
GroupMinSize
GroupMaxSize
GroupDesiredCapacity
GroupInServiceInstances
GroupPendingInstances
GroupTerminatingInstances
GroupStandbyInstances
GroupTotalInstances

Example 2: This example lists the corresponding granularities.

(Get-ASMetricCollectionType).Granularities

Output:

Granularity
-----------
1Minute