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Tools for Managing Auto Scaling with Spot Instances

You will use the Auto Scaling command line interface (CLI) tools to use the Auto Scaling features with Spot Instances. Currently, the AWS Management Console does not have support to create and manage Auto Scaling objects. However, you can view most details about bids and Amazon EC2 instances launched by Auto Scaling on the AWS Management Console.

To use the Auto Scaling CLI tools, download and unzip the package, and set up the tools on your computer just as you set up your Amazon EC2 CLI tools. The Auto Scaling CLI tools and the Amazon EC2 CLI tools are shipped as different tools packages.

The following table lists resources that can help you get started with the Auto Scaling CLI tools. For more information, go to Auto Scaling Tools in the Auto Scaling Developer Guide.

Resources for Using Auto Scaling CLI Tools

TaskResource

Download the Auto Scaling command line tools

Auto Scaling Command Line Tool on the Amazon Web Services site.

Setup and Install Auto Scaling command line tools

Using the Command Line Tools in the Auto Scaling Developer Guide.

Read the readme installation instructions

Install Drive\AutoScaling-n.n.nn.n\README

To get help about Auto Scaling CLI commands

After you have installed the Auto Scaling CLI tools, you can get more information about the commands by querying the command line.

  1. Open the Command Line.

  2. Navigate to Install Drive\AutoScaling-n.n.nn.n\bin.

  3. Type as-cmd and press Enter.

    The command line returns a list of Auto Scaling CLI commands and a short description of what each command does.

    For example, here are some of the Auto Scaling CLI commands we will use in this section.

    CommandDescription

    as-create-launch-config

    Creates a new launch configuration with specified attributes.

    as-create-auto-scaling-group

    Creates a new Auto Scaling group with specified name and other attributes.

    as-describe-auto-scaling-groups

    Describes the Auto Scaling groups, if the groups exist.

    as-describe-auto-scaling-instances

    Describes the Auto Scaling instances, if the instances exist.

    as-describe-scaling-activities

    Describes a set of activities or all activities belonging to a group.

    as-delete-auto-scaling-group

    Deletes the specified auto scaling group, if the group has no instances and no scaling activities are in progress.

    For common conventions the documentation uses to represent command symbols, see Document Conventions.

  4. Type as-command-name --help.

    The command line returns a description, syntax information, and examples of how to use the specified Auto Scaling CLI command.

For Amazon EC2 CLI tools, see the following:

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