List of operations by function

Auto Scaling provides a wide range of API operations. The following tables list API operations available for use in Auto Scaling.

Scaling groups

API	Description
CreateScalingGroup	Creates a scaling group.
ModifyScalingGroup	Modifies a scaling group.
EnableScalingGroup	Enables a scaling group.
DisableScalingGroup	Disables a scaling group.
SetGroupDeletionProtection	Enables or disables deletion protection for a scaling group.
DeleteScalingGroup	Deletes a scaling group.
DescribeScalingGroups	Queries scaling groups.
DescribeScalingInstances	Queries the list of Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances in a scaling group and collects the details about the instances.
DescribeScalingActivities	Queries scaling activities.
DescribeScalingActivityDetail	Queries the details about a scaling activity.
AttachLoadBalancers	Associates one or more Server Load Balancer (SLB) instances with a scaling group.
DetachLoadBalancers	Disassociates one or more SLB instances from a scaling group.
AttachDBInstances	Associates one or more ApsaraDB RDS instances with a scaling group.
DetachDBInstances	Disassociates one or more ApsaraDB RDS instances from a scaling group.
AttachVServerGroups	Adds one or more vServer groups of an SLB instance to a scaling group.
DetachVServerGroups	Removes one or more vServer groups.
SuspendProcesses	Suspends the specified processes in a scaling group.
ResumeProcesses	Resumes the suspended processes in a scaling group.
AttachAlbServerGroups	Associates one or more Application Load Balancer (ALB) server groups with a scaling group.
DetachAlbServerGroups	Disassociates one or more ALB server groups from a scaling group.

Scaling configurations

API	Description
CreateScalingConfiguration	Creates a scaling configuration.
DescribeScalingConfigurations	Queries scaling configurations.
DeleteScalingConfiguration	Deletes a scaling configuration.
ModifyScalingConfiguration	Modifies a scaling configuration.

Scaling rules

API	Description
CreateScalingRule	Creates a scaling rule.
ModifyScalingRule	Modifies a scaling rule.
DescribeScalingRules	Queries all scaling rules in a scaling group and collects information about the scaling rules.
DeleteScalingRule	Deletes a scaling rule.

Scaling tasks

API	Description
ExecuteScalingRule	Executes a scaling rule.
AttachInstances	Adds ECS instances to a scaling group.
RemoveInstances	Removes ECS instances from a scaling group.
DetachInstances	Detaches one or more ECS instances from a scaling group.

Scheduled tasks

API	Description
CreateScheduledTask	Creates a scheduled task.
ModifyScheduledTask	Modifies a scheduled task.
DescribeScheduledTasks	Queries scheduled tasks.
DeleteScheduledTask	Deletes a scheduled task.

Event-triggered tasks

API	Description
CreateAlarm	Creates an event-triggered task.
DescribeAlarms	Queries event-triggered tasks.
ModifyAlarm	Modifies an event-triggered task.
EnableAlarm	Enables an event-triggered task.
DisableAlarm	Disables an event-triggered task.
DeleteAlarm	Deletes an event-triggered task.

Lifecycle hooks

API	Description
CreateLifecycleHook	Creates one or more lifecycle hooks for a scaling group.
ModifyLifecycleHook	Modifies a lifecycle hook.
DescribeLifecycleHooks	Queries lifecycle hooks.
RecordLifecycleActionHeartbeat	Extends the timeout period of an ECS instance and keeps the instance in the wait state.
DescribeLifecycleActions	Queries the lifecycle actions that correspond to a scaling activity.
CompleteLifecycleAction	Takes a scaling activity out of the wait state in advance.
DeleteLifecycleHook	Deletes a lifecycle hook.

Event notifications

API	Description
CreateNotificationConfiguration	Creates an event notification.
DeleteNotificationConfiguration	Deletes an event notification.
DescribeNotificationConfigurations	Queries event notifications.
DescribeNotificationTypes	Queries the types of event notifications.
ModifyNotificationConfiguration	Modifies an event notification.

Instances

API	Description
EnterStandby	Sets ECS instances in a scaling group to the standby state.
ExitStandby	Changes the state of ECS instances in a scaling group from standby to running.
RebalanceInstances	Rebalances the distribution of ECS instances in a scaling group across multiple zones.
SetInstancesProtection	Enables or disables protection for one or more ECS instances in a scaling group.
SetInstanceHealth	Sets the health check feature for ECS instances in a scaling group.

Regions

API	Description
DescribeRegions	Queries the regions in which Auto Scaling is available.

Tags

API	Description
TagResources	Creates and adds tags to specified Auto Scaling resources.
ListTagResources	Queries the tags that are added to one or more Auto Scaling resources.
UntagResources	Removes tags from the specified Auto Scaling resources. If you remove a tag and the tag is not added to other resources, the tag is automatically deleted.
ListTagKeys	Queries the tag keys of Auto Scaling resources.
ListTagValues	Queries the tag values of Auto Scaling tag keys.