Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling #Action=DetachInstances API

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

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GET /#Action=DetachInstances Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling GET_ Detach Instances #
POST /#Action=DetachInstances Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling POST_ Detach Instances #

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amazon-ec2-auto-scaling-action-detachinstances-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  x-release: v4
  title: 'Auto Scaling #Action=AttachInstances #Action=AttachInstances #Action=DetachInstances #Action=Detach Instances #Action=Detach Instances 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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  contact:
    name: Mike Ralphson
    email: mike.ralphson@gmail.com
    url: https://github.com/mermade/aws2openapi
    x-twitter: PermittedSoc
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0 License
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/
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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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  variables: {}
  description: The general Auto Scaling endpoint for US East (N. Virginia)
- url: http://autoscaling.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
  variables:
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  description: The Auto Scaling endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
- url: https://autoscaling.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
  variables:
    region:
      description: The AWS region
      enum:
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      default: cn-north-1
  description: The Auto Scaling endpoint for China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia)
security:
- hmac: []
tags:
- name: '#Action=DetachInstances'
paths:
  /#Action=DetachInstances:
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    get:
      x-aws-operation-name: DetachInstances
      operationId: GET_DetachInstances
      description: <p>Removes one or more instances from the specified Auto Scaling group.</p> <p>After the instances are detached, you can manage them independent of the Auto Scaling group.</p> <p>If you do not specify the option to decrement the desired capacity, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling launches instances to replace the ones that are detached.</p> <p>If there is a Classic Load Balancer attached to the Auto Scaling group, the instances are deregistered from the load balancer. If there are target groups attached to the Auto Scaling group, the instances are deregistered from the target groups.</p> <p>For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/detach-instance-asg.html">Detach EC2 instances from your Auto Scaling group</a> in the <i>Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide</i>.</p>
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          description: Success
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                  summary: Default GET_DetachInstances 200 response
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        '480':
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              examples:
                GET_DetachInstances480Example:
                  summary: Default GET_DetachInstances 480 response
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                  value: {}
      parameters:
      - name: InstanceIds
        in: query
        required: false
        description: The IDs of the instances. You can specify up to 20 instances.
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
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      - name: AutoScalingGroupName
        in: query
        required: true
        description: The name of the Auto Scaling group.
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      - name: ShouldDecrementDesiredCapacity
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Indicates whether the Auto Scaling group decrements the desired capacity value by the number of instances detached.
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: Action
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - DetachInstances
      - name: Version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - 2011-01-01
      summary: Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling GET_ Detach Instances
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      tags:
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    post:
      x-aws-operation-name: DetachInstances
      operationId: POST_DetachInstances
      description: <p>Removes one or more instances from the specified Auto Scaling group.</p> <p>After the instances are detached, you can manage them independent of the Auto Scaling group.</p> <p>If you do not specify the option to decrement the desired capacity, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling launches instances to replace the ones that are detached.</p> <p>If there is a Classic Load Balancer attached to the Auto Scaling group, the instances are deregistered from the load balancer. If there are target groups attached to the Auto Scaling group, the instances are deregistered from the target groups.</p> <p>For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/detach-instance-asg.html">Detach EC2 instances from your Auto Scaling group</a> in the <i>Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide</i>.</p>
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DetachInstancesAnswer'
              examples:
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                  summary: Default POST_DetachInstances 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    Activities: example-string
        '480':
          description: ResourceContentionFault
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceContentionFault'
              examples:
                POST_DetachInstances480Example:
                  summary: Default POST_DetachInstances 480 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value: {}
      requestBody:
        content:
          text/xml:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DetachInstancesQuery'
      parameters:
      - name: Action
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - DetachInstances
      - name: Version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - 2011-01-01
      summary: Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling POST_ Detach Instances
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      tags:
      - '#Action=DetachInstances'
components:
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    ResourceContentionFault: {}
    DetachInstancesAnswer:
      type: object
      example:
        Activities:
        - ActivityId: 5091cb52-547a-47ce-a236-c9ccbc2cb2c9
          AutoScalingGroupName: my-auto-scaling-group
          Cause: At 2015-04-12T15:02:16Z instance i-93633f9b was detached in response to a user request, shrinking the capacity from 2 to 1.
          Description: 'Detaching EC2 instance: i-93633f9b'
          Details: details
          Progress: 50
          StartTime: 2015-04-12 15:02:16.179000+00:00
          StatusCode: InProgress
      properties:
        Activities:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Activities'
          - description: The activities related to detaching the instances from the Auto Scaling group.
    ResourceName:
      type: string
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 1600
      x-pattern: '[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*'
    Activity:
      type: object
      required:
      - ActivityId
      - AutoScalingGroupName
      - Cause
      - StartTime
      - StatusCode
      properties:
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          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:
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          - description: A friendly, more verbose description of the activity.
        Cause:
          allOf:
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          - description: The reason the activity began.
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          - description: The start time of the activity.
        EndTime:
          allOf:
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          - description: The end time of the activity.
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          - description: The current status of the activity.
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          - description: A friendly, more verbose description of the activity status.
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          allOf:
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          - 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
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      type: object
      required:
      - AutoScalingGroupName
      - ShouldDecrementDesiredCapacity
      title: DetachInstancesQuery
      properties:
        InstanceIds:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstanceIds'
          - description: The IDs of the instances. You can specify up to 20 instances.
        AutoScalingGroupName:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/XmlStringMaxLen255'
          - description: The name of the Auto Scaling group.
        ShouldDecrementDesiredCapacity:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ShouldDecrementDesiredCapacity'
          - description: Indicates whether the Auto Scaling group decrements the desired capacity value by the number of instances detached.
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    ShouldDecrementDesiredCapacity:
      type: boolean
    InstanceIds:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/XmlStringMaxLen19'
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