execute_policy

execute_policy(**kwargs)

Executes the specified policy. This can be useful for testing the design of your scaling policy.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.execute_policy(
    AutoScalingGroupName='string',
    PolicyName='string',
    HonorCooldown=True|False,
    MetricValue=123.0,
    BreachThreshold=123.0
)

Parameters

• AutoScalingGroupName (string) -- The name of the Auto Scaling group.
• PolicyName (string) --

  [REQUIRED]

  The name or ARN of the policy.

• HonorCooldown (boolean) --

  Indicates whether Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling waits for the cooldown period to complete before executing the policy.

  Valid only if the policy type is SimpleScaling . For more information, see Scaling cooldowns for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide .

• MetricValue (float) --

  The metric value to compare to BreachThreshold . This enables you to execute a policy of type StepScaling and determine which step adjustment to use. For example, if the breach threshold is 50 and you want to use a step adjustment with a lower bound of 0 and an upper bound of 10, you can set the metric value to 59.

  If you specify a metric value that doesn't correspond to a step adjustment for the policy, the call returns an error.

  Required if the policy type is StepScaling and not supported otherwise.

• BreachThreshold (float) --

  The breach threshold for the alarm.

  Required if the policy type is StepScaling and not supported otherwise.

Returns

None

Exceptions

• AutoScaling.Client.exceptions.ScalingActivityInProgressFault
• AutoScaling.Client.exceptions.ResourceContentionFault

Examples

This example executes the specified policy.

response = client.execute_policy(
    AutoScalingGroupName='my-auto-scaling-group',
    BreachThreshold=50.0,
    MetricValue=59.0,
    PolicyName='my-step-scale-out-policy',
)

print(response)

Expected Output:

{
    'ResponseMetadata': {
        '...': '...',
    },
}