Use DescribeTerminationPolicyTypes with a CLI - Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

Use DescribeTerminationPolicyTypes with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeTerminationPolicyTypes.

CLI
AWS CLI

To describe available termination policy types

This example describes the available termination policy types.

aws autoscaling describe-termination-policy-types

Output:

{
    "TerminationPolicyTypes": [
        "AllocationStrategy",
        "ClosestToNextInstanceHour",
        "Default",
        "NewestInstance",
        "OldestInstance",
        "OldestLaunchConfiguration",
        "OldestLaunchTemplate"
    ]
}

For more information, see Controlling which Auto Scaling instances terminate during scale in in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example lists the termination policies that are supported by Auto Scaling.

Get-ASTerminationPolicyType

Output:

ClosestToNextInstanceHour
Default
NewestInstance
OldestInstance
OldestLaunchConfiguration
Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example lists the termination policies that are supported by Auto Scaling.

Get-ASTerminationPolicyType

Output:

ClosestToNextInstanceHour
Default
NewestInstance
OldestInstance
OldestLaunchConfiguration

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