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SuspendProcesses

Suspends the specified automatic scaling processes, or all processes, for the specified Auto Scaling group.

If you suspend either the Launch or Terminate process types, it can prevent other process types from functioning properly.

To resume processes that have been suspended, use ResumeProcesses.

For more information, see Suspending and Resuming Scaling Processes in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide.

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

AutoScalingGroupName

The name of the Auto Scaling group.

Type: String

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

Pattern: [\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*

Required: Yes

ScalingProcesses.member.N

One or more of the following processes. If you omit this parameter, all processes are specified.

Launch
Terminate
HealthCheck
ReplaceUnhealthy
AZRebalance
AlarmNotification
ScheduledActions
AddToLoadBalancer

Type: Array of strings

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

Pattern: [\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*

Required: No

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

ResourceInUse

The operation can't be performed because the resource is in use.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Example

Sample Request


https://autoscaling.amazonaws.com/?Action=SuspendProcesses
&AutoScalingGroupName=my-asg
&ScalingProcesses.member.1=AlarmNotification
&Version=2011-01-01
&AUTHPARAMS