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v2.275.0

StepScalingAction ​

Define a step scaling action.

This kind of scaling policy adjusts the target capacity in configurable steps. The size of the step is configurable based on the metric's distance to its alarm threshold.

This Action must be used as the target of a CloudWatch alarm to take effect.

Example ​

ts
// The code below shows an example of how to instantiate this type.
// The values are placeholders you should change.
import * as cdk from 'aws-cdk-lib';
import { aws_applicationautoscaling as appscaling } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
import { aws_applicationautoscaling as interfaces_applicationautoscaling } from 'aws-cdk-lib/interfaces';

declare const scalableTargetRef: interfaces_applicationautoscaling.IScalableTargetRef;
const stepScalingAction = new appscaling.StepScalingAction(this, 'MyStepScalingAction', {
  scalingTarget: scalableTargetRef,

  // the properties below are optional
  adjustmentType: appscaling.AdjustmentType.CHANGE_IN_CAPACITY,
  cooldown: cdk.Duration.minutes(30),
  metricAggregationType: appscaling.MetricAggregationType.AVERAGE,
  minAdjustmentMagnitude: 123,
  policyName: 'policyName',
});
python
# The code below shows an example of how to instantiate this type.
# The values are placeholders you should change.
import aws_cdk as cdk
from aws_cdk import aws_applicationautoscaling as appscaling
from aws_cdk.interfaces import aws_applicationautoscaling as interfaces_applicationautoscaling

# scalable_target_ref: interfaces_applicationautoscaling.IScalableTargetRef

step_scaling_action = appscaling.StepScalingAction(self, "MyStepScalingAction",
    scaling_target=scalable_target_ref,

    # the properties below are optional
    adjustment_type=appscaling.AdjustmentType.CHANGE_IN_CAPACITY,
    cooldown=cdk.Duration.minutes(30),
    metric_aggregation_type=appscaling.MetricAggregationType.AVERAGE,
    min_adjustment_magnitude=123,
    policy_name="policyName"
)
java
// The code below shows an example of how to instantiate this type.
// The values are placeholders you should change.
import software.amazon.awscdk.*;
import software.amazon.awscdk.services.applicationautoscaling.*;
import software.amazon.awscdk.interfaces.applicationautoscaling.*;

IScalableTargetRef scalableTargetRef;

StepScalingAction stepScalingAction = StepScalingAction.Builder.create(this, "MyStepScalingAction")
        .scalingTarget(scalableTargetRef)

        // the properties below are optional
        .adjustmentType(AdjustmentType.CHANGE_IN_CAPACITY)
        .cooldown(Duration.minutes(30))
        .metricAggregationType(MetricAggregationType.AVERAGE)
        .minAdjustmentMagnitude(123)
        .policyName("policyName")
        .build();
csharp
// Install: dotnet add package Amazon.CDK.Lib
// The code below shows an example of how to instantiate this type.
// The values are placeholders you should change.
using Amazon.CDK;
using Amazon.CDK.AWS.ApplicationAutoScaling;
using Amazon.CDK.Interfaces.ApplicationAutoScaling;

IScalableTargetRef scalableTargetRef;

var stepScalingAction = new StepScalingAction(this, "MyStepScalingAction", new StepScalingActionProps {
    ScalingTarget = scalableTargetRef,

    // the properties below are optional
    AdjustmentType = AdjustmentType.CHANGE_IN_CAPACITY,
    Cooldown = Duration.Minutes(30),
    MetricAggregationType = MetricAggregationType.AVERAGE,
    MinAdjustmentMagnitude = 123,
    PolicyName = "policyName"
});
go
// Install: go get github.com/aws/aws-cdk-go/awscdk/v2
// The code below shows an example of how to instantiate this type.
// The values are placeholders you should change.
import cdk "github.com/aws/aws-cdk-go/awscdk"
import "github.com/aws/aws-cdk-go/awscdk"
import "github.com/aws/aws-cdk-go/awscdk"

var scalableTargetRef IScalableTargetRef

stepScalingAction := awscdk.Aws_applicationautoscaling.NewStepScalingAction(this, jsii.String("MyStepScalingAction"), &StepScalingActionProps{
	ScalingTarget: scalableTargetRef,

	// the properties below are optional
	AdjustmentType: awscdk.*Aws_applicationautoscaling.AdjustmentType_CHANGE_IN_CAPACITY,
	Cooldown: cdk.Duration_Minutes(jsii.Number(30)),
	MetricAggregationType: awscdk.*Aws_applicationautoscaling.MetricAggregationType_AVERAGE,
	MinAdjustmentMagnitude: jsii.Number(123),
	PolicyName: jsii.String("policyName"),
})

Initializer ​

ts
new StepScalingAction(scope: Construct, id: string, props: StepScalingActionProps)
python
StepScalingAction(scope: Construct, id: str, props: StepScalingActionProps)
java
new StepScalingAction(Construct scope, String id, StepScalingActionProps props)
csharp
new StepScalingAction(Construct scope, string id, StepScalingActionProps props)
go
NewStepScalingAction(Scope Construct, Id *string, Props StepScalingActionProps)

Construct Props ​

adjustmentTypeoptionalAdjustmentTypeadjustment_typeoptionalAdjustmentTypeadjustmentTypeoptionalAdjustmentTypeAdjustmentTypeoptionalAdjustmentTypeAdjustmentTypeoptionalAdjustmentType= ChangeInCapacity#
How the adjustment numbers are interpreted.
cooldownoptionalDurationcooldownoptionalDurationcooldownoptionalDurationCooldownoptionalDurationCooldownoptionalDuration#
Grace period after scaling activity.

Default: No cooldown period

For scale out policies, multiple scale outs during the cooldown period are squashed so that only the biggest scale out happens.

For scale in policies, subsequent scale ins during the cooldown period are ignored.

metricAggregationTypeoptionalMetricAggregationTypemetric_aggregation_typeoptionalMetricAggregationTypemetricAggregationTypeoptionalMetricAggregationTypeMetricAggregationTypeoptionalMetricAggregationTypeMetricAggregationTypeoptionalMetricAggregationType= Average#
The aggregation type for the CloudWatch metrics.
minAdjustmentMagnitudeoptionalnumbermin_adjustment_magnitudeoptionalint | floatminAdjustmentMagnitudeoptionalNumberMinAdjustmentMagnitudeoptionaldoubleMinAdjustmentMagnitudeoptional*float64#
Minimum absolute number to adjust capacity with as result of percentage scaling.

Default: No minimum scaling effect

Only when using AdjustmentType = PercentChangeInCapacity, this number controls the minimum absolute effect size.

policyNameoptionalstringpolicy_nameoptionalstrpolicyNameoptionalStringPolicyNameoptionalstringPolicyNameoptional*string#
A name for the scaling policy.

Default: Automatically generated name

scalingTargetIScalableTargetRefscaling_targetIScalableTargetRefscalingTargetIScalableTargetRefScalingTargetIScalableTargetRefScalingTargetIScalableTargetRefrequired#
The scalable target.

Properties ​

nodeNodenodeNodenodeNodeNodeNodeNodeNode#
The tree node.
scalingPolicyArnstringscaling_policy_arnstrscalingPolicyArnStringScalingPolicyArnstringScalingPolicyArn*string#
ARN of the scaling policy.

Methods ​

addAdjustment(adjustment: AdjustmentTier): voiddef add_adjustment(self, adjustment: AdjustmentTier) -> Nonepublic void addAdjustment(AdjustmentTier adjustment)public void AddAdjustment(AdjustmentTier adjustment)func AddAdjustment(Adjustment AdjustmentTier)#
Add an adjustment interval to the ScalingAction.
isConstruct(x: any): boolean@staticmethod def is_construct(x: Any) -> boolpublic static Boolean isConstruct(Object x)public static bool IsConstruct(object x)func IsConstruct(X interface{}) *boolstatic#
Checks if `x` is a construct.
notes · 1 parameter · returns

Use this method instead of instanceof to properly detect Construct instances, even when the construct library is symlinked.

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Parameters

  • xxxxX — Any object.

Returns: true if x is an object created from a class which extends Construct.

toString(): stringdef to_string(self, ) -> strpublic String toString()public string ToString()func ToString() *string#
Returns a string representation of this construct.
with(...mixins: IMixin[]): IConstructdef with(self, mixins: IMixin) -> IConstructpublic IConstruct with(IMixin mixins)public IConstruct With(IMixin mixins)func With(Mixins IMixin) IConstruct#
Applies one or more mixins to this construct.

Mixins are applied in order. The list of constructs is captured at the start of the call, so constructs added by a mixin will not be visited. Use multiple with() calls if subsequent mixins should apply to added constructs.

1 parameter · returns

Parameters

  • mixinsmixinsmixinsmixinsMixins — The mixins to apply.

Returns: This construct for chaining