Auto Scaling
API Reference (API Version 2011-01-01)
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SuspendProcesses

Description

Suspends Auto Scaling processes for an Auto Scaling group. To suspend specific process types, specify them by name with the ScalingProcesses.member.N parameter. To suspend all process types, omit the ScalingProcesses.member.N parameter.

[Important]Important

Suspending either of the two primary process types, Launch or Terminate, can prevent other process types from functioning properly. For more information about processes and their dependencies, see ProcessType.

To resume processes that have been suspended, use ResumeProcesses.

Request Parameters

For information about the common parameters that all actions use, see Common Query Parameters.

Name Description Required
AutoScalingGroupName

The name or Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Auto Scaling group.

Type: String

Length constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1600.

Yes
ScalingProcesses.member.N

The processes that you want to suspend or resume, which can include one or more of the following:

  • Launch
  • Terminate
  • HealthCheck
  • ReplaceUnhealthy
  • AZRebalance
  • AlarmNotification
  • ScheduledActions
  • AddToLoadBalancer

To suspend all process types, omit this parameter.

Type: String list

No