Use DescribeLifecycleHooks with a CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use DescribeLifecycleHooks with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeLifecycleHooks.

CLI
AWS CLI

To describe your lifecycle hooks

This example describes the lifecycle hooks for the specified Auto Scaling group.

aws autoscaling describe-lifecycle-hooks \
    --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg

Output:

{
    "LifecycleHooks": [
        {
            "GlobalTimeout": 3000,
            "HeartbeatTimeout": 30,
            "AutoScalingGroupName": "my-asg",
            "LifecycleHookName": "my-launch-hook",
            "DefaultResult": "ABANDON",
            "LifecycleTransition": "autoscaling:EC2_INSTANCE_LAUNCHING"
        },
        {
            "GlobalTimeout": 6000,
            "HeartbeatTimeout": 60,
            "AutoScalingGroupName": "my-asg",
            "LifecycleHookName": "my-termination-hook",
            "DefaultResult": "CONTINUE",
            "LifecycleTransition": "autoscaling:EC2_INSTANCE_TERMINATING"
        }
    ]
}
PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example describes the specified lifecycle hook.

Get-ASLifecycleHook -AutoScalingGroupName my-asg -LifecycleHookName myLifecycleHook

Output:

AutoScalingGroupName  : my-asg
DefaultResult         : ABANDON
GlobalTimeout         : 172800
HeartbeatTimeout      : 3600
LifecycleHookName     : myLifecycleHook
LifecycleTransition   : auto-scaling:EC2_INSTANCE_LAUNCHING
NotificationMetadata  :
NotificationTargetARN : arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:123456789012:my-topic
RoleARN               : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/my-iam-role

Example 2: This example describes all lifecycle hooks for the specified Auto Scaling group.

Get-ASLifecycleHook -AutoScalingGroupName my-asg

Example 3: This example describes all lifecycle hooks for all your Auto Scaling groups.

Get-ASLifecycleHook
Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example describes the specified lifecycle hook.

Get-ASLifecycleHook -AutoScalingGroupName my-asg -LifecycleHookName myLifecycleHook

Output:

AutoScalingGroupName  : my-asg
DefaultResult         : ABANDON
GlobalTimeout         : 172800
HeartbeatTimeout      : 3600
LifecycleHookName     : myLifecycleHook
LifecycleTransition   : auto-scaling:EC2_INSTANCE_LAUNCHING
NotificationMetadata  :
NotificationTargetARN : arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:123456789012:my-topic
RoleARN               : arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/my-iam-role

Example 2: This example describes all lifecycle hooks for the specified Auto Scaling group.

Get-ASLifecycleHook -AutoScalingGroupName my-asg

Example 3: This example describes all lifecycle hooks for all your Auto Scaling groups.

Get-ASLifecycleHook