Auto Scaling
API Reference (API Version 2011-01-01)
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ScalingPolicy

Description

The ScalingPolicy data type.

Contents

AdjustmentType

Specifies whether the ScalingAdjustment is an absolute number or a percentage of the current capacity. Valid values are ChangeInCapacity, ExactCapacity, and PercentChangeInCapacity.

Type: String

Length constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Required: No

Alarms

A list of CloudWatch Alarms related to the policy.

Type: Alarm list

Required: No

AutoScalingGroupName

The name of the Auto Scaling group associated with this scaling policy.

Type: String

Length constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Required: No

Cooldown

The amount of time, in seconds, after a scaling activity completes before any further trigger-related scaling activities can start.

Type: Integer

Required: No

MinAdjustmentStep

Changes the DesiredCapacity of the Auto Scaling group by at least the specified number of instances.

Type: Integer

Required: No

PolicyARN

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the policy.

Type: String

Length constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1600.

Required: No

PolicyName

The name of the scaling policy.

Type: String

Length constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Required: No

ScalingAdjustment

The number associated with the specified adjustment type. A positive value adds to the current capacity and a negative value removes from the current capacity.

Type: Integer

Required: No