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Use RecordLifecycleActionHeartbeat with a CLI

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Use RecordLifecycleActionHeartbeat with a CLI - Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

The following code examples show how to use RecordLifecycleActionHeartbeat.

CLI
AWS CLI

To record a lifecycle action heartbeat

This example records a lifecycle action heartbeat to keep the instance in a pending state.

aws autoscaling record-lifecycle-action-heartbeat \
    --lifecycle-hook-name my-launch-hook \
    --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg \
    --lifecycle-action-token bcd2f1b8-9a78-44d3-8a7a-4dd07d7cf635

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling lifecycle hooks in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example records a heartbeat for the specified lifecycle action. This keeps the instance in a pending state until you complete the custom action.

Write-ASLifecycleActionHeartbeat -AutoScalingGroupName my-asg -LifecycleHookName myLifecycleHook -LifecycleActionToken bcd2f1b8-9a78-44d3-8a7a-4dd07d7cf635
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AWS CLI

To record a lifecycle action heartbeat

This example records a lifecycle action heartbeat to keep the instance in a pending state.

aws autoscaling record-lifecycle-action-heartbeat \
    --lifecycle-hook-name my-launch-hook \
    --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg \
    --lifecycle-action-token bcd2f1b8-9a78-44d3-8a7a-4dd07d7cf635

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling lifecycle hooks in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide.

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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