Suspend processes - Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

Suspend processes

To suspend a process for an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group, use one of the following methods:

Console
To suspend a process

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/, and choose Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Groups from the navigation pane.

  2. Select the check box next to the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group.

    A split pane opens up in the bottom of the page.

  3. On the Details tab, choose Advanced configurations, Edit.

  4. For Suspended processes, choose the process to suspend.

  5. Choose Update.

AWS CLI

Use the following suspend-processes command to suspend individual processes.

aws autoscaling suspend-processes --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg --scaling-processes HealthCheck ReplaceUnhealthy

To suspend all processes, omit the --scaling-processes option, as follows. 

aws autoscaling suspend-processes --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg