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Use DescribeScalingPolicies with an AWS SDK or CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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There are more AWS SDK examples available in the AWS Doc SDK Examples GitHub repo.

Use DescribeScalingPolicies with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeScalingPolicies.

CLI
AWS CLI

To describe scaling policies

This example command describes the scaling policies for the ecs service namespace.

Command:

aws application-autoscaling describe-scaling-policies --service-namespace ecs

Output:

{ "ScalingPolicies": [ { "PolicyName": "web-app-cpu-gt-75", "ScalableDimension": "ecs:service:DesiredCount", "ResourceId": "service/default/web-app", "CreationTime": 1462561899.23, "StepScalingPolicyConfiguration": { "Cooldown": 60, "StepAdjustments": [ { "ScalingAdjustment": 200, "MetricIntervalLowerBound": 0.0 } ], "AdjustmentType": "PercentChangeInCapacity" }, "PolicyARN": "arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:012345678910:scalingPolicy:6d8972f3-efc8-437c-92d1-6270f29a66e7:resource/ecs/service/default/web-app:policyName/web-app-cpu-gt-75", "PolicyType": "StepScaling", "Alarms": [ { "AlarmName": "web-app-cpu-gt-75", "AlarmARN": "arn:aws:cloudwatch:us-west-2:012345678910:alarm:web-app-cpu-gt-75" } ], "ServiceNamespace": "ecs" }, { "PolicyName": "web-app-cpu-lt-25", "ScalableDimension": "ecs:service:DesiredCount", "ResourceId": "service/default/web-app", "CreationTime": 1462562575.099, "StepScalingPolicyConfiguration": { "Cooldown": 1, "StepAdjustments": [ { "ScalingAdjustment": -50, "MetricIntervalUpperBound": 0.0 } ], "AdjustmentType": "PercentChangeInCapacity" }, "PolicyARN": "arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:012345678910:scalingPolicy:6d8972f3-efc8-437c-92d1-6270f29a66e7:resource/ecs/service/default/web-app:policyName/web-app-cpu-lt-25", "PolicyType": "StepScaling", "Alarms": [ { "AlarmName": "web-app-cpu-lt-25", "AlarmARN": "arn:aws:cloudwatch:us-west-2:012345678910:alarm:web-app-cpu-lt-25" } ], "ServiceNamespace": "ecs" } ] }
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This cmdlet describe the Application Auto Scaling scaling policies for the specified service namespace.

Get-AASScalingPolicy -ServiceNamespace AppStream

Output:

Alarms : {Appstream2-LabFleet-default-scale-out-Alarm} CreationTime : 9/3/2019 2:48:15 AM PolicyARN : arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:012345678912:scalingPolicy:5659b069-b5cd-4af1-9f7f-3e956d36233e:resource/appstream/fleet/LabFleet: policyName/default-scale-out PolicyName : default-scale-out PolicyType : StepScaling ResourceId : fleet/LabFleet ScalableDimension : appstream:fleet:DesiredCapacity ServiceNamespace : appstream StepScalingPolicyConfiguration : Amazon.ApplicationAutoScaling.Model.StepScalingPolicyConfiguration TargetTrackingScalingPolicyConfiguration : Alarms : {Appstream2-LabFleet-default-scale-in-Alarm} CreationTime : 9/3/2019 2:48:15 AM PolicyARN : arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:012345678912:scalingPolicy:5659b069-b5cd-4af1-9f7f-3e956d36233e:resource/appstream/fleet/LabFleet: policyName/default-scale-in PolicyName : default-scale-in PolicyType : StepScaling ResourceId : fleet/LabFleet ScalableDimension : appstream:fleet:DesiredCapacity ServiceNamespace : appstream StepScalingPolicyConfiguration : Amazon.ApplicationAutoScaling.Model.StepScalingPolicyConfiguration TargetTrackingScalingPolicyConfiguration :
Rust
SDK for Rust
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

async fn show_policies(client: &Client) -> Result<(), Error> { let response = client .describe_scaling_policies() .service_namespace(ServiceNamespace::Ec2) .send() .await?; println!("Auto Scaling Policies:"); for policy in response.scaling_policies() { println!("{:?}\n", policy); } println!("Next token: {:?}", response.next_token()); Ok(()) }
AWS CLI

To describe scaling policies

This example command describes the scaling policies for the ecs service namespace.

Command:

aws application-autoscaling describe-scaling-policies --service-namespace ecs

Output:

{ "ScalingPolicies": [ { "PolicyName": "web-app-cpu-gt-75", "ScalableDimension": "ecs:service:DesiredCount", "ResourceId": "service/default/web-app", "CreationTime": 1462561899.23, "StepScalingPolicyConfiguration": { "Cooldown": 60, "StepAdjustments": [ { "ScalingAdjustment": 200, "MetricIntervalLowerBound": 0.0 } ], "AdjustmentType": "PercentChangeInCapacity" }, "PolicyARN": "arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:012345678910:scalingPolicy:6d8972f3-efc8-437c-92d1-6270f29a66e7:resource/ecs/service/default/web-app:policyName/web-app-cpu-gt-75", "PolicyType": "StepScaling", "Alarms": [ { "AlarmName": "web-app-cpu-gt-75", "AlarmARN": "arn:aws:cloudwatch:us-west-2:012345678910:alarm:web-app-cpu-gt-75" } ], "ServiceNamespace": "ecs" }, { "PolicyName": "web-app-cpu-lt-25", "ScalableDimension": "ecs:service:DesiredCount", "ResourceId": "service/default/web-app", "CreationTime": 1462562575.099, "StepScalingPolicyConfiguration": { "Cooldown": 1, "StepAdjustments": [ { "ScalingAdjustment": -50, "MetricIntervalUpperBound": 0.0 } ], "AdjustmentType": "PercentChangeInCapacity" }, "PolicyARN": "arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:012345678910:scalingPolicy:6d8972f3-efc8-437c-92d1-6270f29a66e7:resource/ecs/service/default/web-app:policyName/web-app-cpu-lt-25", "PolicyType": "StepScaling", "Alarms": [ { "AlarmName": "web-app-cpu-lt-25", "AlarmARN": "arn:aws:cloudwatch:us-west-2:012345678910:alarm:web-app-cpu-lt-25" } ], "ServiceNamespace": "ecs" } ] }
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