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AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup

AutoScaling AutoScalingGroup

The AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup resource defines an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group, which is a collection of Amazon EC2 instances that are treated as a logical grouping for the purposes of automatic scaling and management. For more information about Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, see the [Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/what-is-amazon-ec2-auto-scaling.html). Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling configures instances launched as part of an A...

Properties

37 configurable properties. 2 required. Click a row to see details.

Filter:
PropertyTypeFlags
MaxSize
string
Required
MinSize
string
Required
AutoScalingGroupName
string
Create-only
AvailabilityZoneDistribution
AvailabilityZoneDistribution
AvailabilityZoneImpairmentPolicy
AvailabilityZoneImpairmentPolicy
AvailabilityZones
Array<string>
CapacityRebalance
boolean
CapacityReservationSpecification
CapacityReservationSpecification
Context
string
Cooldown
string
DefaultInstanceWarmup
integer
DeletionProtection
string
DesiredCapacity
string
DesiredCapacityType
string
HealthCheckGracePeriod
integer
HealthCheckType
string
InstanceId
string
Create-onlyWrite-only
InstanceLifecyclePolicy
InstanceLifecyclePolicy
InstanceMaintenancePolicy
InstanceMaintenancePolicy
LaunchConfigurationName
string
LaunchTemplate
LaunchTemplateSpecification
LifecycleHookSpecificationList
Array<LifecycleHookSpecification>
LoadBalancerNames
Array<string>
MaxInstanceLifetime
integer
MetricsCollection
Array<MetricsCollection>
MixedInstancesPolicy
MixedInstancesPolicy
NewInstancesProtectedFromScaleIn
boolean
NotificationConfiguration
NotificationConfiguration
Deprecated
NotificationConfigurations
Array<NotificationConfiguration>
PlacementGroup
string
ServiceLinkedRoleARN
string
SkipZonalShiftValidation
boolean
Write-only
Tags
Array<TagProperty>
TargetGroupARNs
Array<string>
TerminationPolicies
Array<string>
TrafficSources
Array<TrafficSourceIdentifier>
VPCZoneIdentifier
Array<string>

Return Values

Values returned after the resource is created. Access these with Fn::GetAtt.

AttributeTypeDescription
AutoScalingGroupARNstring-

Sample CloudFormation Template

A minimal template with required properties and common optional ones.

template.yaml
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: Sample template for AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup

Resources:
  MyResource:
    Type: AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup
    Properties:
      MinSize: "value"
      MaxSize: "value"
      Tags:
        - Key: Environment
          Value: Production

Required IAM Permissions

Permissions CloudFormation needs in your IAM role to manage this resource.

read

autoscaling:Describe*managed-fleets:Get*

create

autoscaling:CreateAutoScalingGroupautoscaling:UpdateAutoScalingGroupautoscaling:CreateOrUpdateTagsautoscaling:Describe*autoscaling:EnableMetricsCollectionautoscaling:PutNotificationConfigurationcloudwatch:PutMetricAlarmec2:Describe*

update

autoscaling:UpdateAutoScalingGroupautoscaling:CreateOrUpdateTagsautoscaling:DeleteTagsautoscaling:Describe*autoscaling:EnableMetricsCollectionautoscaling:DisableMetricsCollectionautoscaling:PutNotificationConfigurationautoscaling:DeleteNotificationConfiguration

list

autoscaling:Describe*

delete

autoscaling:DeleteAutoScalingGroupautoscaling:UpdateAutoScalingGroupautoscaling:Describe*managed-fleets:Get*managed-fleets:DeleteAutoScalingGroup

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Quick Facts

ServiceAutoScaling
Properties38
Required2
TaggingSupported
Primary IDAutoScalingGroupName

Supported Operations

ReadCreateUpdateListDelete

Immutable After Creation

These properties cannot be changed after the resource is created. Updating them triggers a replacement.

InstanceIdAutoScalingGroupName

Related Resources

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