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Use DescribeLoadBalancers with a CLI

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Use DescribeLoadBalancers with a CLI - Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

The following code examples show how to use DescribeLoadBalancers.

CLI
AWS CLI

To describe the Classic Load Balancers for an Auto Scaling group

This example describes the Classic Load Balancers for the specified Auto Scaling group.

aws autoscaling describe-load-balancers \ --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg

Output:

{ "LoadBalancers": [ { "State": "Added", "LoadBalancerName": "my-load-balancer" } ] }
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example describes the load balancers for the specified Auto Scaling group.

Get-ASLoadBalancer -AutoScalingGroupName my-asg

Output:

LoadBalancerName State ---------------- ----- my-lb Added
AWS CLI

To describe the Classic Load Balancers for an Auto Scaling group

This example describes the Classic Load Balancers for the specified Auto Scaling group.

aws autoscaling describe-load-balancers \ --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg

Output:

{ "LoadBalancers": [ { "State": "Added", "LoadBalancerName": "my-load-balancer" } ] }

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using this service with an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.

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