# ValidateConfigurationSettings
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Takes a set of configuration settings and either a configuration template or environment, and determines whether those values are valid.

This action returns a list of messages indicating any errors or warnings associated with the selection of option values.

## Request Parameters
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 For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 ** ApplicationName **   
The name of the application that the configuration template or environment belongs to.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Required: Yes

 ** EnvironmentName **   
The name of the environment to validate the settings against.  
Condition: You cannot specify both this and a configuration template name.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 4. Maximum length of 40.  
Required: No

 **OptionSettings.member.N**   
A list of the options and desired values to evaluate.  
Type: Array of [ConfigurationOptionSetting](API_ConfigurationOptionSetting.md) objects  
Required: Yes

 ** TemplateName **   
The name of the configuration template to validate the settings against.  
Condition: You cannot specify both this and an environment name.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.  
Required: No

## Response Elements
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The following element is returned by the service.

 **Messages.member.N**   
 A list of [ValidationMessage](API_ValidationMessage.md).   
Type: Array of [ValidationMessage](API_ValidationMessage.md) objects

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** InsufficientPrivileges **   
The specified account does not have sufficient privileges for one or more AWS services.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** TooManyBuckets **   
The specified account has reached its limit of Amazon S3 buckets.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples
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### Example
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This example illustrates one usage of ValidateConfigurationSettings.

#### Sample Request
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```
https://elasticbeanstalk.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/?ApplicationName=SampleApp
&EnvironmentName=SampleAppVersion
&OptionSettings.member.1.Namespace=aws%3Aautoscaling%3Atrigger
&OptionSettings.member.1.OptionName=LowerThreshold
&OptionSettings.member.1.Value=1000000
&Operation=ValidateConfigurationSettings
&AuthParams
```

#### Sample Response
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```
<ValidateConfigurationSettingsResponse xmlns="https://elasticbeanstalk.amazonaws.com/docs/2010-12-01/">
  <ValidateConfigurationSettingsResult>
    <Messages/>
  </ValidateConfigurationSettingsResult>
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>06f1cfff-f28f-11df-8a78-9f77047e0d0c</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</ValidateConfigurationSettingsResponse>
```

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/elasticbeanstalk-2010-12-01/ValidateConfigurationSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/elasticbeanstalk-2010-12-01/ValidateConfigurationSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/elasticbeanstalk-2010-12-01/ValidateConfigurationSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/elasticbeanstalk-2010-12-01/ValidateConfigurationSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/elasticbeanstalk-2010-12-01/ValidateConfigurationSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/elasticbeanstalk-2010-12-01/ValidateConfigurationSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/elasticbeanstalk-2010-12-01/ValidateConfigurationSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/elasticbeanstalk-2010-12-01/ValidateConfigurationSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/elasticbeanstalk-2010-12-01/ValidateConfigurationSettings) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/elasticbeanstalk-2010-12-01/ValidateConfigurationSettings)