DescribeMetricCollectionTypes
Describes the available CloudWatch metrics for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling.
The GroupStandbyInstances metric is not returned by default. You must
explicitly request this metric when calling the EnableMetricsCollection API.
Response Elements
The following elements are returned by the service.
- Granularities.member.N
-
The granularities for the metrics.
Type: Array of MetricGranularityType objects
- Metrics.member.N
-
One or more metrics.
Type: Array of MetricCollectionType objects
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- ResourceContention
-
You already have a pending update to an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling resource (for example, an Auto Scaling group, instance, or load balancer).
HTTP Status Code: 500
Examples
Example
This example illustrates one usage of DescribeMetricCollectionTypes.
Sample Request
https://autoscaling.amazonaws.com/?Version=2011-01-01&Action=DescribeMetricCollectionTypes
&Version=2011-01-01
&AUTHPARAMS Sample Response
<DescribeMetricCollectionTypesResponse xmlns="http://autoscaling.amazonaws.com/doc/2011-01-01/">
<DescribeMetricCollectionTypesResult>
<Granularities>
<member>
<Granularity>1Minute</Granularity>
</member>
</Granularities>
<Metrics>
<member>
<Metric>GroupMinSize</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupMaxSize</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupDesiredCapacity</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupInServiceInstances</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupPendingInstances</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupTerminatingInstances</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupStandbyInstances</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupTotalInstances</Metric>
</member>
</Metrics>
</DescribeMetricCollectionTypesResult>
<ResponseMetadata>
<RequestId>7c6e177f-f082-11e1-ac58-3714bEXAMPLE</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</DescribeMetricCollectionTypesResponse> See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
