autoscaling 3.3 api parameters

Table of Contents Operation Parameters Common Required Parameters Parameter Table Operation Errors Footnotes

Operation Parameters

Parameters may be required that are not required in AWS due to alternatives that we do not implement (as noted)

Common Required Parameters

• The **MaxRecords** and **NextToken** values are required whereever they are present.

Parameter Table

Operation	Parameter	Required	Supported	Notes
CreateAutoScalingGroup (amazonwebservices.com)	AutoScalingGroupName	Y	Y
	AvailabilityZones.member.N	Y	Y
	DefaultCooldown	N	Y
	DesiredCapacity	N	Y
	HealthCheckGracePeriod	N	Y
	HealthCheckType	N	Y
	LaunchConfigurationName	Y	Y
	LoadBalancerNames.member.N	N	Y
	MaxSize	Y	Y
	MinSize	Y	Y
	PlacementGroup	N	N
	Tags.member.N	N	Y
	TerminationPolicies.member.N	N	Y
	VPCZoneIdentifier	N	N[1]	VPC
DeleteAutoScalingGroup (amazonwebservices.com)	AutoScalingGroupName	Y	Y
	ForceDelete	N	Y
DescribeAutoScalingGroups (amazonwebservices.com)	AutoScalingGroupNames.member.N		Y
DescribeAutoScalingInstances (amazonwebservices.com)	InstanceIds.member.N		Y
SetDesiredCapacity (amazonwebservices.com)	AutoScalingGroupName	Y	Y
	DesiredCapacity	Y	Y
	HonorCooldown	N	Y
SetInstanceHealth (amazonwebservices.com)	HealthStatus	Y	Y
	InstanceId	Y	Y
	ShouldRespectGracePeriod	N	Y
TerminateInstanceInAutoScalingGroup (amazonwebservices.com)	InstanceId	Y	Y
	ShouldDecrementDesiredCapacity	Y	Y
UpdateAutoScalingGroup (amazonwebservices.com)	AutoScalingGroupName	Y	Y
	AvailabilityZones.member.N	N	Y
	DesiredCapacity	N	Y
	DefaultCooldown	N	Y
	HealthCheckGracePeriod	N	Y
	LaunchConfigurationName	N	Y
	MaxSize	N	Y
	MinSize	N	Y
	PlacementGroup	N	N
	TerminationPolicies.member.N	N	Y
	VPCZoneIdentifier	N	N
	HealthCheckType	N	Y
CreateLaunchConfiguration (amazonwebservices.com)	BlockDeviceMappings.member.N	N	Y
	EbsOptimized	N	N
	IamInstanceProfile	N	Y
	ImageId	Y	Y
	InstanceMonitoring	N	Y
	InstanceType	Y	Y
	KernelId	N	Y
	KeyName	N	Y
	LaunchConfigurationName	Y	Y
	RamdiskId	N	Y
	SecurityGroups.member.N	N	Y
	SpotPrice	N	N
	UserData	N	Y
DeleteLaunchConfiguration (amazonwebservices.com)	LaunchConfigurationName	N	Y
DescribeLaunchConfigurations (amazonwebservices.com)	LaunchConfigurationNames.member.N	N	Y

Operation Errors

Operation	Error	Supported	Notes
CreateAutoScalingGroup (amazonwebservices.com)	AlreadyExists	Y
	LimitExceeded	Y
DeleteAutoScalingGroup (amazonwebservices.com)	ResourceInUse	Y
	ScalingActivityInProgress	Y
DescribeAutoScalingGroups (amazonwebservices.com)	InvalidNextToken	Y
DescribeAutoScalingInstances (amazonwebservices.com)	InvalidNextToken	Y
SetDesiredCapacity (amazonwebservices.com)	ScalingActivityInProgress	Y
TerminateInstanceInAutoScalingGroup (amazonwebservices.com)	ScalingActivityInProgress	Y
DescribeLaunchConfigurations (amazonwebservices.com)	InvalidNextToken	Y
DeleteLaunchConfiguration (amazonwebservices.com)	ResourceInUse	Y
CreateLaunchConfiguration (amazonwebservices.com)	AlreadyExists	Y
	LimitExceeded	Y
UpdateAutoScalingGroup (amazonwebservices.com)	ScalingActivityInProgress	Y

Footnotes

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