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Auto Scaling:CreateNotificationConfiguration

Last Updated:Aug 28, 2026

Creates a notification rule for a scaling group so that you are informed about scaling events and resource changes in real time, enabling automated event management.

Operation description

  • Notifications can be received by CloudMonitor system events, Message Service (formerly MNS) queues, or Message Service (formerly MNS) topics. When specified scaling events or resource changes occur in a scaling group, Auto Scaling sends notifications to CloudMonitor or Message Service (formerly MNS).

  • Different event notifications within the same scaling group cannot share the same recipient.

    For example, different event notifications cannot simultaneously use the same CloudMonitor configuration, the same MNS topic, or the same MNS queue.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

ess:CreateNotificationConfiguration

create

*ScalingGroup

acs:ess:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:scalinggroup/{#ScalingGroupId}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

ScalingGroupId

string

Yes

The ID of the scaling group.

asg-bp1igpak5ft1flyp****

NotificationArn

string

Yes

The Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) of the notification recipient. Valid formats:

  • CloudMonitor: acs:ess:{region-id}:{account-id}:cloudmonitor.

  • SMQ queue: acs:mns:{region-id}:{account-id}:queue/{queuename}.

  • SMQ topic: acs:mns:{region-id}:{account-id}:topic/{topicname}.

The variables in the preceding formats:

  • region-id: the region ID of the scaling group.

  • account-id: the ID of the Alibaba Cloud account.

  • queuename: the name of the SMQ queue.

  • topicname: the name of the SMQ topic.

acs:mns:cn-beijing:161456884340****:queue/modifyLifecycleHo****

NotificationTypes

array

Yes

The notification types. Specify values in the repeated list form.

You can call the DescribeNotificationTypes operation to query the values of this parameter.

string

No

The notification type. Specify values in the repeated list form.

You can call the DescribeNotificationTypes operation to query the values of this parameter.

AUTOSCALING:SCALE_OUT_SUCCESS

RegionId

string

No

The region ID of the scaling group.

cn-beijing

TimeZone

string

No

The time zone of the notification, in UTC format. For example, UTC+8 indicates 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time, and UTC-7 indicates 7 hours behind.

UTC+8

MessageEncoding

string

No

The encoding format for notification messages. Valid values:

  • PlainText: no encoding. Messages are transmitted in plaintext.

  • Base64: messages are encoded in Base64.

Default value: Base64.

Note

This parameter applies only to MNS notification objects.

PlainText

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The ID of the request.

473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3****

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3****"
}

Error codes

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

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