Use DescribeMetricCollectionTypes with a CLI - Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

Use DescribeMetricCollectionTypes with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeMetricCollectionTypes.

CLI
AWS CLI

To describe the available metric collection types

This example describes the available metric collection types.

aws autoscaling describe-metric-collection-types

Output:

{
    "Metrics": [
        {
            "Metric": "GroupMinSize"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupMaxSize"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupDesiredCapacity"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupInServiceInstances"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupInServiceCapacity"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupPendingInstances"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupPendingCapacity"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupTerminatingInstances"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupTerminatingCapacity"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupStandbyInstances"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupStandbyCapacity"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupTotalInstances"
        },
        {
            "Metric": "GroupTotalCapacity"
        }
    ],
    "Granularities": [
        {
            "Granularity": "1Minute"
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Auto Scaling group metrics in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example lists the metric collection types that are supported by Auto Scaling.

(Get-ASMetricCollectionType).Metrics

Output:

Metric
------
GroupMinSize
GroupMaxSize
GroupDesiredCapacity
GroupInServiceInstances
GroupPendingInstances
GroupTerminatingInstances
GroupStandbyInstances
GroupTotalInstances

Example 2: This example lists the corresponding granularities.

(Get-ASMetricCollectionType).Granularities

Output:

Granularity
-----------
1Minute
Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example lists the metric collection types that are supported by Auto Scaling.

(Get-ASMetricCollectionType).Metrics

Output:

Metric
------
GroupMinSize
GroupMaxSize
GroupDesiredCapacity
GroupInServiceInstances
GroupPendingInstances
GroupTerminatingInstances
GroupStandbyInstances
GroupTotalInstances

Example 2: This example lists the corresponding granularities.

(Get-ASMetricCollectionType).Granularities

Output:

Granularity
-----------
1Minute

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