# AvailabilityZoneDistribution


 Describes an Availability Zone distribution. 

## Contents


 ** CapacityDistributionStrategy **   
 If launches fail in an Availability Zone, the following strategies are available. The default is `balanced-best-effort`.   
+  `balanced-only` - If launches fail in an Availability Zone, Auto Scaling will continue to attempt to launch in the unhealthy zone to preserve a balanced distribution.
+  `balanced-best-effort` - If launches fail in an Availability Zone, Auto Scaling will attempt to launch in another healthy Availability Zone instead.
Type: String  
Valid Values: `balanced-only | balanced-best-effort`   
Required: No

## See Also


For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/autoscaling-2011-01-01/AvailabilityZoneDistribution) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/autoscaling-2011-01-01/AvailabilityZoneDistribution) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/autoscaling-2011-01-01/AvailabilityZoneDistribution)