DescribeAccountLimits
Describes the current Auto Scaling resource limits for your AWS account.
For information about requesting an increase in these limits, see Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Limits in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide.
Response Elements
The following elements are returned by the service.
- MaxNumberOfAutoScalingGroups
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The maximum number of groups allowed for your AWS account. The default limit is 200 per region.
Type: Integer
- MaxNumberOfLaunchConfigurations
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The maximum number of launch configurations allowed for your AWS account. The default limit is 200 per region.
Type: Integer
- NumberOfAutoScalingGroups
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The current number of groups for your AWS account.
Type: Integer
- NumberOfLaunchConfigurations
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The current number of launch configurations for your AWS account.
Type: Integer
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- ResourceContention
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You already have a pending update to an Auto Scaling resource (for example, a group, instance, or load balancer).
HTTP Status Code: 500
Example
Sample Request
https://autoscaling.amazonaws.com/?Action=DescribeAccountLimits &Version=2011-01-01 &AUTHPARAMS
Sample Response
<DescribeAccountLimitsResponse xmlns="http://autoscaling.amazonaws.com/doc/2011-01-01/"> <DescribeAccountLimitsResult> <NumberOfLaunchConfigurations>5</NumberOfLaunchConfigurations> <MaxNumberOfLaunchConfigurations>200</MaxNumberOfLaunchConfigurations> <NumberOfAutoScalingGroups>10</NumberOfAutoScalingGroups> <MaxNumberOfAutoScalingGroups>200</MaxNumberOfAutoScalingGroups> </DescribeAccountLimitsResult> <ResponseMetadata> <RequestId>7c6e177f-f082-11e1-ac58-3714bEXAMPLE</RequestId> </ResponseMetadata> </DescribeAccountLimitsResponse>
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
