CreateKxScalingGroup - Amazon FinSpace
Request SyntaxURI Request ParametersRequest BodyResponse SyntaxResponse ElementsErrorsSee Also

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CreateKxScalingGroup

Creates a new scaling group.

Request Syntax

POST /kx/environments/environmentId/scalingGroups HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "availabilityZoneId": "string",
   "clientToken": "string",
   "hostType": "string",
   "scalingGroupName": "string",
   "tags": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   }
}

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

environmentId

A unique identifier for the kdb environment, where you want to create the scaling group.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 32.

Pattern: ^[a-z0-9]+$

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

availabilityZoneId

The identifier of the availability zones.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 8. Maximum length of 12.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9-]+$

Required: Yes

clientToken

A token that ensures idempotency. This token expires in 10 minutes.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 36.

Pattern: .*\S.*

Required: Yes

hostType

The memory and CPU capabilities of the scaling group host on which FinSpace Managed kdb clusters will be placed.

You can add one of the following values:

  • kx.sg.large – The host type with a configuration of 16 GiB memory and 2 vCPUs.

  • kx.sg.xlarge – The host type with a configuration of 32 GiB memory and 4 vCPUs.

  • kx.sg.2xlarge – The host type with a configuration of 64 GiB memory and 8 vCPUs.

  • kx.sg.4xlarge – The host type with a configuration of 108 GiB memory and 16 vCPUs.

  • kx.sg.8xlarge – The host type with a configuration of 216 GiB memory and 32 vCPUs.

  • kx.sg.16xlarge – The host type with a configuration of 432 GiB memory and 64 vCPUs.

  • kx.sg.32xlarge – The host type with a configuration of 864 GiB memory and 128 vCPUs.

  • kx.sg1.16xlarge – The host type with a configuration of 1949 GiB memory and 64 vCPUs.

  • kx.sg1.24xlarge – The host type with a configuration of 2948 GiB memory and 96 vCPUs.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 32.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9._]+

Required: Yes

scalingGroupName

A unique identifier for the kdb scaling group.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 63.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]$

Required: Yes

tags

A list of key-value pairs to label the scaling group. You can add up to 50 tags to a scaling group.

Type: String to string map

Map Entries: Maximum number of 50 items.

Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Key Pattern: ^(?!aws:)[a-zA-Z+-=._:/]+$

Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.

Value Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9+-=._:@ ]+$

Required: No

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "availabilityZoneId": "string",
   "createdTimestamp": number,
   "environmentId": "string",
   "hostType": "string",
   "lastModifiedTimestamp": number,
   "scalingGroupName": "string",
   "status": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

availabilityZoneId

The identifier of the availability zones.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 8. Maximum length of 12.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9-]+$

createdTimestamp

The timestamp at which the scaling group was created in FinSpace. The value is determined as epoch time in milliseconds. For example, the value for Monday, November 1, 2021 12:00:00 PM UTC is specified as 1635768000000.

Type: Timestamp

environmentId

A unique identifier for the kdb environment, where you create the scaling group.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 32.

Pattern: ^[a-z0-9]+$

hostType

The memory and CPU capabilities of the scaling group host on which FinSpace Managed kdb clusters will be placed.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 32.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9._]+

lastModifiedTimestamp

The last time that the scaling group was updated in FinSpace. The value is determined as epoch time in milliseconds. For example, the value for Monday, November 1, 2021 12:00:00 PM UTC is specified as 1635768000000.

Type: Timestamp

scalingGroupName

A unique identifier for the kdb scaling group.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 63.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]$

status

The status of scaling group.

  • CREATING – The scaling group creation is in progress.

  • CREATE_FAILED – The scaling group creation has failed.

  • ACTIVE – The scaling group is active.

  • UPDATING – The scaling group is in the process of being updated.

  • UPDATE_FAILED – The update action failed.

  • DELETING – The scaling group is in the process of being deleted.

  • DELETE_FAILED – The system failed to delete the scaling group.

  • DELETED – The scaling group is successfully deleted.

Type: String

Valid Values: CREATING | CREATE_FAILED | ACTIVE | DELETING | DELETED | DELETE_FAILED

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.

HTTP Status Code: 403

AccessDeniedException

You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.

HTTP Status Code: 403

ConflictException

There was a conflict with this action, and it could not be completed.

reason

The reason for the conflict exception.

HTTP Status Code: 409

InternalServerException

The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.

HTTP Status Code: 500

LimitExceededException

A service limit or quota is exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

One or more resources can't be found.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ThrottlingException

The request was denied due to request throttling.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by an AWS service.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: