Use PutScalingPolicy with a CLI

Example 1: To apply a target tracking scaling policy with a predefined metric specification

The following put-scaling-policy example applies a target tracking scaling policy with a predefined metric specification to an Amazon ECS service called web-app in the default cluster. The policy keeps the average CPU utilization of the service at 75 percent, with scale-out and scale-in cooldown periods of 60 seconds. The output contains the ARNs and names of the two CloudWatch alarms created on your behalf.

aws application-autoscaling put-scaling-policy --service-namespace ecs \
--scalable-dimension ecs:service:DesiredCount \
--resource-id service/default/web-app \
--policy-name cpu75-target-tracking-scaling-policy --policy-type TargetTrackingScaling \
--target-tracking-scaling-policy-configuration file://config.json

This example assumes that you have a config.json file in the current directory with the following contents:

{
     "TargetValue": 75.0,
     "PredefinedMetricSpecification": {
         "PredefinedMetricType": "ECSServiceAverageCPUUtilization"
     },
     "ScaleOutCooldown": 60,
    "ScaleInCooldown": 60
}

Output:

{
    "PolicyARN": "arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:012345678910:scalingPolicy:6d8972f3-efc8-437c-92d1-6270f29a66e7:resource/ecs/service/default/web-app:policyName/cpu75-target-tracking-scaling-policy",
    "Alarms": [
        {
            "AlarmARN": "arn:aws:cloudwatch:us-west-2:012345678910:alarm:TargetTracking-service/default/web-app-AlarmHigh-d4f0770c-b46e-434a-a60f-3b36d653feca",
            "AlarmName": "TargetTracking-service/default/web-app-AlarmHigh-d4f0770c-b46e-434a-a60f-3b36d653feca"
        },
        {
            "AlarmARN": "arn:aws:cloudwatch:us-west-2:012345678910:alarm:TargetTracking-service/default/web-app-AlarmLow-1b437334-d19b-4a63-a812-6c67aaf2910d",
            "AlarmName": "TargetTracking-service/default/web-app-AlarmLow-1b437334-d19b-4a63-a812-6c67aaf2910d"
        }
    ]
}

Example 2: To apply a target tracking scaling policy with a customized metric specification

The following put-scaling-policy example applies a target tracking scaling policy with a customized metric specification to an Amazon ECS service called web-app in the default cluster. The policy keeps the average utilization of the service at 75 percent, with scale-out and scale-in cooldown periods of 60 seconds. The output contains the ARNs and names of the two CloudWatch alarms created on your behalf.

aws application-autoscaling put-scaling-policy --service-namespace ecs \
--scalable-dimension ecs:service:DesiredCount \
--resource-id service/default/web-app \
--policy-name cms75-target-tracking-scaling-policy
--policy-type TargetTrackingScaling \
--target-tracking-scaling-policy-configuration file://config.json

This example assumes that you have a config.json file in the current directory with the following contents:

{
    "TargetValue":75.0,
    "CustomizedMetricSpecification":{
        "MetricName":"MyUtilizationMetric",
        "Namespace":"MyNamespace",
        "Dimensions": [
            {
                "Name":"MyOptionalMetricDimensionName",
                "Value":"MyOptionalMetricDimensionValue"
            }
        ],
        "Statistic":"Average",
        "Unit":"Percent"
    },
    "ScaleOutCooldown": 60,
    "ScaleInCooldown": 60
}

Output:

{
    "PolicyARN": "arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:012345678910:scalingPolicy: 8784a896-b2ba-47a1-b08c-27301cc499a1:resource/ecs/service/default/web-app:policyName/cms75-target-tracking-scaling-policy",
    "Alarms": [
        {
            "AlarmARN": "arn:aws:cloudwatch:us-west-2:012345678910:alarm:TargetTracking-service/default/web-app-AlarmHigh-9bc77b56-0571-4276-ba0f-d4178882e0a0",
            "AlarmName": "TargetTracking-service/default/web-app-AlarmHigh-9bc77b56-0571-4276-ba0f-d4178882e0a0"
        },
        {
            "AlarmARN": "arn:aws:cloudwatch:us-west-2:012345678910:alarm:TargetTracking-service/default/web-app-AlarmLow-9b6ad934-6d37-438e-9e05-02836ddcbdc4",
            "AlarmName": "TargetTracking-service/default/web-app-AlarmLow-9b6ad934-6d37-438e-9e05-02836ddcbdc4"
        }
    ]
}

Example 3: To apply a target tracking scaling policy for scale out only

The following put-scaling-policy example applies a target tracking scaling policy to an Amazon ECS service called web-app in the default cluster. The policy is used to scale out the ECS service when the RequestCountPerTarget metric from the Application Load Balancer exceeds the threshold. The output contains the ARN and name of the CloudWatch alarm created on your behalf.

aws application-autoscaling put-scaling-policy \
    --service-namespace ecs \
    --scalable-dimension ecs:service:DesiredCount \
    --resource-id service/default/web-app \
    --policy-name alb-scale-out-target-tracking-scaling-policy \
    --policy-type TargetTrackingScaling \
    --target-tracking-scaling-policy-configuration file://config.json

Contents of config.json:

{
     "TargetValue": 1000.0,
     "PredefinedMetricSpecification": {
         "PredefinedMetricType": "ALBRequestCountPerTarget",
         "ResourceLabel": "app/EC2Co-EcsEl-1TKLTMITMM0EO/f37c06a68c1748aa/targetgroup/EC2Co-Defau-LDNM7Q3ZH1ZN/6d4ea56ca2d6a18d"
     },
     "ScaleOutCooldown": 60,
    "ScaleInCooldown": 60,
    "DisableScaleIn": true
}

Output:

{
    "PolicyARN": "arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:123456789012:scalingPolicy:6d8972f3-efc8-437c-92d1-6270f29a66e7:resource/ecs/service/default/web-app:policyName/alb-scale-out-target-tracking-scaling-policy",
    "Alarms": [
        {
            "AlarmName": "TargetTracking-service/default/web-app-AlarmHigh-d4f0770c-b46e-434a-a60f-3b36d653feca",
            "AlarmARN": "arn:aws:cloudwatch:us-west-2:123456789012:alarm:TargetTracking-service/default/web-app-AlarmHigh-d4f0770c-b46e-434a-a60f-3b36d653feca"
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Target Tracking Scaling Policies for Application Auto Scaling in the AWS Application Auto Scaling User Guide.

Example 1: This cmdlet creates or updates a policy for an Application Auto Scaling scalable target. Each scalable target is identified by a service namespace, resource ID, and scalable dimension.

Set-AASScalingPolicy -ServiceNamespace AppStream -PolicyName ASFleetScaleInPolicy -PolicyType StepScaling  -ResourceId fleet/MyFleet -ScalableDimension appstream:fleet:DesiredCapacity -StepScalingPolicyConfiguration_AdjustmentType ChangeInCapacity -StepScalingPolicyConfiguration_Cooldown 360 -StepScalingPolicyConfiguration_MetricAggregationType Average -StepScalingPolicyConfiguration_StepAdjustments @{ScalingAdjustment = -1; MetricIntervalUpperBound = 0}

Output:

Alarms    PolicyARN
------    ---------
{}        arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:012345678912:scalingPolicy:4897ca24-3caa-4bf1-8484-851a089b243c:resource/appstream/fleet/MyFleet:policyName/ASFleetScaleInPolicy