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Class: AWS::AutoScaling

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Includes:
Core::ServiceInterface
Defined in:
lib/aws/auto_scaling.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/tag.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/group.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/client.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/errors.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/activity.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/instance.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/group_options.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/scaling_policy.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/tag_collection.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/group_collection.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/scheduled_action.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/activity_collection.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/instance_collection.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/launch_configuration.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/scaling_policy_options.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/scaling_policy_collection.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/notification_configuration.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/scheduled_action_collection.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/launch_configuration_collection.rb,
lib/aws/auto_scaling/notification_configuration_collection.rb

Overview

This class is the starting point for working with Auto Scaling.

To use Auto Scaling you must first sign up here.

For more information about Auto Scaling:

Credentials

You can setup default credentials for all AWS services via AWS.config:

AWS.config(
  :access_key_id => 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_ID',
  :secret_access_key => 'YOUR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY')

Or you can set them directly on the AWS::AutoScaling interface:

auto_scaling = AWS::AutoScaling.new(
  :access_key_id => 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_ID',
  :secret_access_key => 'YOUR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY')

Launch Configurations

You need to create a launch configuration before you can create an Auto Scaling Group.

# needs a name, image id, and instance type
launch_config = auto_scaling.launch_configurations.create(
  'launch-config-name', 'ami-12345', 'm1.small')

If you have previously created a launch configuration you can reference using the LaunchConfigurationCollection.

launch_config = auto_scaling.launch_configurations['launch-config-name']

Auto Scaling Groups

Given a launch configuration, you can now create an Auto Scaling Group.

group = auto_scaling.groups.create('group-name',
  :launch_configuration => launch_config,
  :availability_zones => %w(us-west-2a us-west-2b),
  :min_size => 1,
  :max_size => 4)

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: Errors Classes: Activity, ActivityCollection, Client, Group, GroupCollection, Instance, InstanceCollection, LaunchConfiguration, LaunchConfigurationCollection, NotificationConfiguration, NotificationConfigurationCollection, ScalingPolicy, ScalingPolicyCollection, ScheduledAction, ScheduledActionCollection, Tag, TagCollection

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from Core::ServiceInterface

included, #initialize, #inspect

Instance Attribute Details

#clientClient (readonly)

Returns the low-level AutoScaling client object

Returns:

  • (Client)

    the low-level AutoScaling client object



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# File 'lib/aws/auto_scaling.rb', line 70

class AutoScaling

  autoload :Activity, 'aws/auto_scaling/activity'
  autoload :ActivityCollection, 'aws/auto_scaling/activity_collection'
  autoload :Client, 'aws/auto_scaling/client'
  autoload :Errors, 'aws/auto_scaling/errors'
  autoload :Group, 'aws/auto_scaling/group'
  autoload :GroupCollection, 'aws/auto_scaling/group_collection'
  autoload :GroupOptions, 'aws/auto_scaling/group_options'
  autoload :Instance, 'aws/auto_scaling/instance'
  autoload :InstanceCollection, 'aws/auto_scaling/instance_collection'
  autoload :LaunchConfiguration, 'aws/auto_scaling/launch_configuration'
  autoload :LaunchConfigurationCollection, 'aws/auto_scaling/launch_configuration_collection'
  autoload :NotificationConfiguration, 'aws/auto_scaling/notification_configuration'
  autoload :NotificationConfigurationCollection, 'aws/auto_scaling/notification_configuration_collection'
  autoload :ScalingPolicy, 'aws/auto_scaling/scaling_policy'
  autoload :ScalingPolicyCollection, 'aws/auto_scaling/scaling_policy_collection'
  autoload :ScalingPolicyOptions, 'aws/auto_scaling/scaling_policy_options'
  autoload :ScheduledAction, 'aws/auto_scaling/scheduled_action'
  autoload :ScheduledActionCollection, 'aws/auto_scaling/scheduled_action_collection'
  autoload :Tag, 'aws/auto_scaling/tag'
  autoload :TagCollection, 'aws/auto_scaling/tag_collection'

  include Core::ServiceInterface

  endpoint_prefix 'autoscaling'

  # @return [LaunchConfigurationCollection]
  def launch_configurations
    LaunchConfigurationCollection.new(:config => config)
  end

  # @return [GroupCollection]
  def groups
    GroupCollection.new(:config => config)
  end

  # @return [TagCollection]
  def tags
    TagCollection.new(:config => config)
  end

  # @return [NotificationConfigurationCollection]
  def notification_configurations
    NotificationConfigurationCollection.new(:config => config)
  end

  # @return [AutoScaling::InstancesCollection] Returns a collection of
  #   {AutoScaling::Instance} objects.  Each of these is a small
  #   wrapper around an {EC2::Instance} with additional attributes.
  def instances
    InstanceCollection.new(:config => config)
  end

  # @return [ActivityCollection]
  def activities
    ActivityCollection.new(:config => config)
  end

  # @return [ScheduledActionCollection]
  def scheduled_actions
    ScheduledActionCollection.new(:config => config)
  end

  # Returns a list of all notification types that are supported by
  # Auto Scaling.
  # @return [Array<String>]
  def notification_types
    resp = client.describe_auto_scaling_notification_types
    resp.auto_scaling_notification_types
  end

  # @return [Array<String>] Returns the list of valid adjustment types.
  def adjustment_types
    client.describe_adjustment_types.adjustment_types.map(&:adjustment_type)
  end

  # @return [Array<String>] Returns the list of valid scaling process types.
  def scaling_process_types
    client.describe_scaling_process_types.processes.map(&:process_name)
  end

  # @return [Array<String>] Returns the list of valid metric collection types.
  def metric_collection_types
    client.describe_metric_collection_types.metrics.map(&:metric)
  end

  # @return [Array<String>] Returns the list of valid metric granularities.
  def metric_collection_granularities
    client.describe_metric_collection_types.granularities.map(&:granularity)
  end

end

Instance Method Details

#activitiesActivityCollection

Returns:



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# File 'lib/aws/auto_scaling.rb', line 125

def activities
  ActivityCollection.new(:config => config)
end

#adjustment_typesArray<String>

Returns the list of valid adjustment types.

Returns:

  • (Array<String>)

    Returns the list of valid adjustment types.



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# File 'lib/aws/auto_scaling.rb', line 143

def adjustment_types
  client.describe_adjustment_types.adjustment_types.map(&:adjustment_type)
end

#groupsGroupCollection

Returns:



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# File 'lib/aws/auto_scaling.rb', line 103

def groups
  GroupCollection.new(:config => config)
end

#instancesAutoScaling::InstancesCollection

Returns a collection of Instance objects. Each of these is a small wrapper around an EC2::Instance with additional attributes.

Returns:

  • (AutoScaling::InstancesCollection)

    Returns a collection of Instance objects. Each of these is a small wrapper around an EC2::Instance with additional attributes.



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# File 'lib/aws/auto_scaling.rb', line 120

def instances
  InstanceCollection.new(:config => config)
end

#launch_configurationsLaunchConfigurationCollection



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# File 'lib/aws/auto_scaling.rb', line 98

def launch_configurations
  LaunchConfigurationCollection.new(:config => config)
end

#metric_collection_granularitiesArray<String>

Returns the list of valid metric granularities.

Returns:

  • (Array<String>)

    Returns the list of valid metric granularities.



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# File 'lib/aws/auto_scaling.rb', line 158

def metric_collection_granularities
  client.describe_metric_collection_types.granularities.map(&:granularity)
end

#metric_collection_typesArray<String>

Returns the list of valid metric collection types.

Returns:

  • (Array<String>)

    Returns the list of valid metric collection types.



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# File 'lib/aws/auto_scaling.rb', line 153

def metric_collection_types
  client.describe_metric_collection_types.metrics.map(&:metric)
end

#notification_configurationsNotificationConfigurationCollection



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# File 'lib/aws/auto_scaling.rb', line 113

def notification_configurations
  NotificationConfigurationCollection.new(:config => config)
end

#notification_typesArray<String>

Returns a list of all notification types that are supported by Auto Scaling.

Returns:

  • (Array<String>)


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# File 'lib/aws/auto_scaling.rb', line 137

def notification_types
  resp = client.describe_auto_scaling_notification_types
  resp.auto_scaling_notification_types
end

#scaling_process_typesArray<String>

Returns the list of valid scaling process types.

Returns:

  • (Array<String>)

    Returns the list of valid scaling process types.



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# File 'lib/aws/auto_scaling.rb', line 148

def scaling_process_types
  client.describe_scaling_process_types.processes.map(&:process_name)
end

#scheduled_actionsScheduledActionCollection



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# File 'lib/aws/auto_scaling.rb', line 130

def scheduled_actions
  ScheduledActionCollection.new(:config => config)
end

#tagsTagCollection

Returns:



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# File 'lib/aws/auto_scaling.rb', line 108

def tags
  TagCollection.new(:config => config)
end