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Use SetInstanceHealth with a CLI

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Use SetInstanceHealth with a CLI - Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

The following code examples show how to use SetInstanceHealth.

CLI
AWS CLI

To set the health status of an instance

This example sets the health status of the specified instance to Unhealthy.

aws autoscaling set-instance-health \
    --instance-id i-061c63c5eb45f0416 \
    --health-status Unhealthy

This command produces no output.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example sets the status of the specified instance to 'Unhealthy', taking it out of service. Auto Scaling terminates and replaces the instance.

Set-ASInstanceHealth -HealthStatus Unhealthy -InstanceId i-93633f9b

Example 2: This example sets the status of the specified instance to 'Healthy', keeping it in service. Any health check grace period for the Auto Scaling group is not honored.

Set-ASInstanceHealth -HealthStatus Healthy -InstanceId i-93633f9b -ShouldRespectGracePeriod $false

  • For API details, see SetInstanceHealth in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

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AWS CLI

To set the health status of an instance

This example sets the health status of the specified instance to Unhealthy.

aws autoscaling set-instance-health \
    --instance-id i-061c63c5eb45f0416 \
    --health-status Unhealthy

This command produces no output.

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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