Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling #Action=EnableMetricsCollection API

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

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  title: 'Auto Scaling #Action=AttachInstances #Action=AttachInstances #Action=EnableMetricsCollection 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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  description: The general Auto Scaling endpoint for US East (N. Virginia)
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- name: '#Action=EnableMetricsCollection'
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    get:
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      description: <p>Enables group metrics collection for the specified Auto Scaling group.</p> <p>You can use these metrics to track changes in an Auto Scaling group and to set alarms on threshold values. You can view group metrics using the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling console or the CloudWatch console. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-cloudwatch-monitoring.html">Monitor CloudWatch metrics for your Auto Scaling groups and instances</a> in the <i>Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide</i>.</p>
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        description: <p>Identifies the metrics to enable.</p> <p>You can specify one or more of the following metrics:</p> <ul> <li> <p> <code>GroupMinSize</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>GroupMaxSize</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>GroupDesiredCapacity</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>GroupInServiceInstances</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>GroupPendingInstances</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>GroupStandbyInstances</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>GroupTerminatingInstances</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>GroupTotalInstances</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>GroupInServiceCapacity</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>GroupPendingCapacity</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>GroupStandbyCapacity</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>GroupTerminatingCapacity</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>GroupTotalCapacity</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>WarmPoolDesiredCapacity</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>WarmPoolWarmedCapacity</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>WarmPoolPendingCapacity</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>WarmPoolTerminatingCapacity</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>WarmPoolTotalCapacity</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>GroupAndWarmPoolDesiredCapacity</code> </p> </li> <li> <p> <code>GroupAndWarmPoolTotalCapacity</code> </p> </li> </ul> <p>If you specify <code>Granularity</code> and don't specify any metrics, all metrics are enabled.</p> <p>For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-cloudwatch-monitoring.html#as-group-metrics">Auto Scaling group metrics</a> in the <i>Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide</i>.</p>
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        description: The frequency at which Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling sends aggregated data to CloudWatch. The only valid value is <code>1Minute</code>.
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      summary: Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling GET_ Enable Metrics Collection
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    post:
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      description: <p>Enables group metrics collection for the specified Auto Scaling group.</p> <p>You can use these metrics to track changes in an Auto Scaling group and to set alarms on threshold values. You can view group metrics using the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling console or the CloudWatch console. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-cloudwatch-monitoring.html">Monitor CloudWatch metrics for your Auto Scaling groups and instances</a> in the <i>Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide</i>.</p>
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          - description: The frequency at which Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling sends aggregated data to CloudWatch. The only valid value is <code>1Minute</code>.
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