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Elastic High Performance Computing:DescribeAutoScaleConfig

Last Updated:Aug 28, 2026

Queries the auto scaling configuration of a specified cluster.

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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

ehpc:DescribeAutoScaleConfig

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

ClusterId

string

Yes

The cluster ID.

ehpc-hz-FYUr32****

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

MaxNodesInCluster

integer

The maximum number of compute nodes that can be added to the cluster.

100

GrowTimeoutInMinutes

integer

The timeout period for starting scale-out nodes. Valid values: 10 to 60.

20

SpotStrategy

string

The bidding method for compute nodes. Valid values:

  • NoSpot: The compute nodes are pay-as-you-go instances.

  • SpotWithPriceLimit: The compute nodes are preemptible instances with a user-defined maximum hourly price.

  • SpotAsPriceGo: The compute nodes are preemptible instances that use the market price at the time of purchase as the bid price.

NoSpot

RequestId

string

The request ID.

04F0F334-1335-436C-A1D7-6C044FE73

EnableAutoShrink

boolean

Indicates whether auto scale-in is enabled.

true

ClusterType

string

The scheduler type. Valid values:

  • pbs

  • slurm

  • opengridscheduler

  • deadline

slurm

EnableAutoGrow

boolean

Indicates whether auto scale-out is enabled.

true

ExcludeNodes

string

The nodes excluded from auto scaling.

i-bp19lgqwxb4206t5****,i-bp1g4hvzs9pywrhb****

GrowIntervalInMinutes

integer

The interval between two consecutive rounds of scale-in. Valid values: 2 to 10.

10

ShrinkIntervalInMinutes

integer

The interval between two consecutive rounds of scale-out. Valid values: 2 to 10.

2

SpotPriceLimit

string

The maximum hourly price for the ECS instance, accurate to three decimal places. Takes effect only when SpotStrategy is set to SpotWithPriceLimit.

0.062

ShrinkIdleTimes

integer

The number of consecutive times a node must be idle during scale-in checks before it is removed. Valid values: 2 to 5.

3

ExtraNodesGrowRatio

integer

The percentage of extra compute nodes. Valid values: 0 to 100.

0

GrowRatio

integer

The scale-out percentage per round. Valid values: 1 to 100.

1

Uid

string

The user ID.

testu****

ClusterId

string

The cluster ID.

ehpc-hz-FYUr32****

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "MaxNodesInCluster": 100,
  "GrowTimeoutInMinutes": 20,
  "SpotStrategy": "NoSpot",
  "RequestId": "04F0F334-1335-436C-A1D7-6C044FE73",
  "EnableAutoShrink": true,
  "ClusterType": "slurm",
  "EnableAutoGrow": true,
  "ExcludeNodes": "i-bp19lgqwxb4206t5****,i-bp1g4hvzs9pywrhb****",
  "GrowIntervalInMinutes": 10,
  "ShrinkIntervalInMinutes": 2,
  "SpotPriceLimit": "0.062",
  "ShrinkIdleTimes": 3,
  "ExtraNodesGrowRatio": 0,
  "GrowRatio": 1,
  "Uid": "testu****",
  "ClusterId": "ehpc-hz-FYUr32****"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 InvalidParams The specified parameter %s is invalid. The specified parameter %s is invalid.
500 UnknownError An unknown error occurred. An unknown error occurred.
403 InvalidOpt The specified operation is invalid. Please try again later. If the problem still exists, submit a ticket.
404 ClusterNotFound The specified cluster does not exist. The specified instance does not exist.
503 ServiceUnavailable The request has failed due to a temporary failure of the server The request has failed due to a temporary failure of the server.
406 DbError A database service error occurred. Database request failed.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.