Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling #Action=DescribeScalingActivities API

The #Action=DescribeScalingActivities API from Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling — 1 operation(s) for #action=describescalingactivities.

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GET /#Action=DescribeScalingActivities Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling GET_ Describe Scaling Activities #
POST /#Action=DescribeScalingActivities Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling POST_ Describe Scaling Activities #

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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  x-release: v4
  title: 'Auto Scaling #Action=AttachInstances #Action=AttachInstances #Action=DescribeScalingActivities #Action=Describe Scaling Activities #Action=Describe Scaling Activities API'
  description: <fullname>Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling</fullname> <p>Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is designed to automatically launch and terminate EC2 instances based on user-defined scaling policies, scheduled actions, and health checks.</p> <p>For more information, see the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/">Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide</a> and the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/APIReference/Welcome.html">Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling API Reference</a>.</p>
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  x-serviceName: autoscaling
  x-origin:
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  description: The general Auto Scaling endpoint for US East (N. Virginia)
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  description: The Auto Scaling endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
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    region:
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  description: The Auto Scaling endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
security:
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tags:
- name: '#Action=DescribeScalingActivities'
paths:
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    get:
      x-aws-operation-name: DescribeScalingActivities
      operationId: GET_DescribeScalingActivities
      description: <p>Gets information about the scaling activities in the account and Region.</p> <p>When scaling events occur, you see a record of the scaling activity in the scaling activities. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-verify-scaling-activity.html">Verifying a scaling activity for an Auto Scaling group</a> in the <i>Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide</i>.</p> <p>If the scaling event succeeds, the value of the <code>StatusCode</code> element in the response is <code>Successful</code>. If an attempt to launch instances failed, the <code>StatusCode</code> value is <code>Failed</code> or <code>Cancelled</code> and the <code>StatusMessage</code> element in the response indicates the cause of the failure. For help interpreting the <code>StatusMessage</code>, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/CHAP_Troubleshooting.html">Troubleshooting Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling</a> in the <i>Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide</i>. </p>
      responses:
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          description: Success
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                  summary: Default GET_DescribeScalingActivities 200 response
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                  value:
                    Activities: example-string
                    NextToken: example-string
        '480':
          description: InvalidNextToken
          content:
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              schema:
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              examples:
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                  summary: Default GET_DescribeScalingActivities 480 response
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        '481':
          description: ResourceContentionFault
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              schema:
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              examples:
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                  summary: Default GET_DescribeScalingActivities 481 response
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                  value: {}
      parameters:
      - name: ActivityIds
        in: query
        required: false
        description: '<p>The activity IDs of the desired scaling activities. If you omit this property, all activities for the past six weeks are described. If unknown activities are requested, they are ignored with no error. If you specify an Auto Scaling group, the results are limited to that group.</p> <p>Array Members: Maximum number of 50 IDs.</p>'
        schema:
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      - name: AutoScalingGroupName
        in: query
        required: false
        description: The name of the Auto Scaling group.
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          type: string
          minLength: 1
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          x-pattern: '[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*'
      - name: IncludeDeletedGroups
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        required: false
        description: Indicates whether to include scaling activity from deleted Auto Scaling groups.
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: MaxRecords
        in: query
        required: false
        description: The maximum number of items to return with this call. The default value is <code>100</code> and the maximum value is <code>100</code>.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: NextToken
        in: query
        required: false
        description: The token for the next set of items to return. (You received this token from a previous call.)
        schema:
          type: string
          x-pattern: '[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*'
      - name: Action
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        required: true
        schema:
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          enum:
          - DescribeScalingActivities
      - name: Version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - 2011-01-01
      summary: Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling GET_ Describe Scaling Activities
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      tags:
      - '#Action=DescribeScalingActivities'
    post:
      x-aws-operation-name: DescribeScalingActivities
      operationId: POST_DescribeScalingActivities
      description: <p>Gets information about the scaling activities in the account and Region.</p> <p>When scaling events occur, you see a record of the scaling activity in the scaling activities. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-verify-scaling-activity.html">Verifying a scaling activity for an Auto Scaling group</a> in the <i>Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide</i>.</p> <p>If the scaling event succeeds, the value of the <code>StatusCode</code> element in the response is <code>Successful</code>. If an attempt to launch instances failed, the <code>StatusCode</code> value is <code>Failed</code> or <code>Cancelled</code> and the <code>StatusMessage</code> element in the response indicates the cause of the failure. For help interpreting the <code>StatusMessage</code>, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/CHAP_Troubleshooting.html">Troubleshooting Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling</a> in the <i>Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide</i>. </p>
      responses:
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          description: Success
          content:
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              schema:
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                  summary: Default POST_DescribeScalingActivities 200 response
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              examples:
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              examples:
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                  summary: Default POST_DescribeScalingActivities 481 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
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      requestBody:
        content:
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            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeScalingActivitiesType'
      parameters:
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        in: query
        schema:
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        description: Pagination limit
        required: false
      - name: NextToken
        in: query
        schema:
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        description: Pagination token
        required: false
      - name: Action
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - DescribeScalingActivities
      - name: Version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - 2011-01-01
      summary: Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling POST_ Describe Scaling Activities
      x-microcks-operation:
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      tags:
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components:
  schemas:
    TimestampType:
      type: string
      format: date-time
    IncludeDeletedGroups:
      type: boolean
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    ActivityIds:
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    Activity:
      type: object
      required:
      - ActivityId
      - AutoScalingGroupName
      - Cause
      - StartTime
      - StatusCode
      properties:
        ActivityId:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/XmlString'
          - description: The ID of the activity.
        AutoScalingGroupName:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/XmlStringMaxLen255'
          - description: The name of the Auto Scaling group.
        Description:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/XmlString'
          - description: A friendly, more verbose description of the activity.
        Cause:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/XmlStringMaxLen1023'
          - description: The reason the activity began.
        StartTime:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TimestampType'
          - description: The start time of the activity.
        EndTime:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TimestampType'
          - description: The end time of the activity.
        StatusCode:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScalingActivityStatusCode'
          - description: The current status of the activity.
        StatusMessage:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/XmlStringMaxLen255'
          - description: A friendly, more verbose description of the activity status.
        Progress:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Progress'
          - description: A value between 0 and 100 that indicates the progress of the activity.
        Details:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/XmlString'
          - description: The details about the activity.
        AutoScalingGroupState:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AutoScalingGroupState'
          - description: The state of the Auto Scaling group, which is either <code>InService</code> or <code>Deleted</code>.
        AutoScalingGroupARN:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceName'
          - description: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Auto Scaling group.
      description: Describes scaling activity, which is a long-running process that represents a change to your Auto Scaling group, such as changing its size or replacing an instance.
    Progress:
      type: integer
    Activities:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Activity'
    AutoScalingGroupState:
      type: string
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 32
    ScalingActivityStatusCode:
      type: string
      enum:
      - PendingSpotBidPlacement
      - WaitingForSpotInstanceRequestId
      - WaitingForSpotInstanceId
      - WaitingForInstanceId
      - PreInService
      - InProgress
      - WaitingForELBConnectionDraining
      - MidLifecycleAction
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      - Successful
      - Failed
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    InvalidNextToken: {}
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      x-pattern: '[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*'
    DescribeScalingActivitiesType:
      type: object
      title: DescribeScalingActivitiesType
      properties:
        ActivityIds:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ActivityIds'
          - description: '<p>The activity IDs of the desired scaling activities. If you omit this property, all activities for the past six weeks are described. If unknown activities are requested, they are ignored with no error. If you specify an Auto Scaling group, the results are limited to that group.</p> <p>Array Members: Maximum number of 50 IDs.</p>'
        AutoScalingGroupName:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/XmlStringMaxLen255'
          - description: The name of the Auto Scaling group.
        IncludeDeletedGroups:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/IncludeDeletedGroups'
          - description: Indicates whether to include scaling activity from deleted Auto Scaling groups.
        MaxRecords:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/MaxRecords'
          - description: The maximum number of items to return with this call. The default value is <code>100</code> and the maximum value is <code>100</code>.
        NextToken:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/XmlString'
          - description: The token for the next set of items to return. (You received this token from a previous call.)
    ActivitiesType:
      type: object
      required:
      - Activities
      example:
        Activities:
        - ActivityId: f9f2d65b-f1f2-43e7-b46d-d86756459699
          AutoScalingGroupName: my-auto-scaling-group
          Cause: At 2013-08-19T20:53:25Z a user request created an AutoScalingGroup changing the desired capacity from 0 to 1.  At 2013-08-19T20:53:29Z an instance was started in response to a difference between desired and actual capacity, increasing the capacity from 0 to 1.
          Description: 'Launching a new EC2 instance: i-4ba0837f'
          Details: details
          EndTime: 2013-08-19 20:54:02+00:00
          Progress: 100
          StartTime: 2013-08-19 20:53:29.930000+00:00
          StatusCode: Successful
      properties:
        Activities:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Activities'
          - description: The scaling activities. Activities are sorted by start time. Activities still in progress are described first.
        NextToken:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/XmlString'
          - description: A string that indicates that the response contains more items than can be returned in a single response. To receive additional items, specify this string for the <code>NextToken</code> value when requesting the next set of items. This value is null when there are no more items to return.
    MaxRecords:
      type: integer
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      in: header
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      required: false
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      in: header
      schema:
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externalDocs:
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  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/
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