Use RegisterScalableTarget with an Amazon SDK or CLI

Example 1: To register an ECS service as a scalable target

The following register-scalable-target example registers an Amazon ECS service with Application Auto Scaling. It also adds a tag with the key name environment and the value production to the scalable target.

aws application-autoscaling register-scalable-target \
    --service-namespace ecs \
    --scalable-dimension ecs:service:DesiredCount \
    --resource-id service/default/web-app \
    --min-capacity 1 --max-capacity 10 \
    --tags environment=production

Output:

{
    "ScalableTargetARN": "arn:aws:application-autoscaling:us-west-2:123456789012:scalable-target/1234abcd56ab78cd901ef1234567890ab123"
}

For examples for other Amazon services and custom resources, see the topics in Amazon services that you can use with Application Auto Scaling in the Application Auto Scaling User Guide.

Example 2: To suspend scaling activities for a scalable target

The following register-scalable-target example suspends scaling activities for an existing scalable target.

aws application-autoscaling register-scalable-target \
    --service-namespace dynamodb \
    --scalable-dimension dynamodb:table:ReadCapacityUnits \
    --resource-id table/my-table \
    --suspended-state DynamicScalingInSuspended=true,DynamicScalingOutSuspended=true,ScheduledScalingSuspended=true

Output:

{
    "ScalableTargetARN": "arn:aws:application-autoscaling:us-west-2:123456789012:scalable-target/1234abcd56ab78cd901ef1234567890ab123"
}

For more information, see Suspending and resuming scaling for Application Auto Scaling in the Application Auto Scaling User Guide.

Example 3: To resume scaling activities for a scalable target

The following register-scalable-target example resumes scaling activities for an existing scalable target.

aws application-autoscaling register-scalable-target \
    --service-namespace dynamodb \
    --scalable-dimension dynamodb:table:ReadCapacityUnits \
    --resource-id table/my-table \
    --suspended-state DynamicScalingInSuspended=false,DynamicScalingOutSuspended=false,ScheduledScalingSuspended=false

Output:

{
    "ScalableTargetARN": "arn:aws:application-autoscaling:us-west-2:123456789012:scalable-target/1234abcd56ab78cd901ef1234567890ab123"
}

For more information, see Suspending and resuming scaling for Application Auto Scaling in the Application Auto Scaling User Guide.

import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.applicationautoscaling.ApplicationAutoScalingClient;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.applicationautoscaling.model.ApplicationAutoScalingException;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.applicationautoscaling.model.DescribeScalableTargetsRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.applicationautoscaling.model.DescribeScalableTargetsResponse;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.applicationautoscaling.model.DescribeScalingPoliciesRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.applicationautoscaling.model.DescribeScalingPoliciesResponse;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.applicationautoscaling.model.PolicyType;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.applicationautoscaling.model.PredefinedMetricSpecification;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.applicationautoscaling.model.PutScalingPolicyRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.applicationautoscaling.model.RegisterScalableTargetRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.applicationautoscaling.model.ScalingPolicy;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.applicationautoscaling.model.ServiceNamespace;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.applicationautoscaling.model.ScalableDimension;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.applicationautoscaling.model.MetricType;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.applicationautoscaling.model.TargetTrackingScalingPolicyConfiguration;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Before running this Java V2 code example, set up your development environment, including your credentials.
 *
 * For more information, see the following documentation topic:
 *
 * https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/latest/developer-guide/get-started.html
 */
public class EnableDynamoDBAutoscaling {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        final String usage = """

            Usage:
               <tableId> <roleARN> <policyName>\s

            Where:
               tableId - The table Id value (for example, table/Music).
               roleARN - The ARN of the role that has ApplicationAutoScaling permissions.
               policyName - The name of the policy to create.
               
            """;

        if (args.length != 3) {
            System.out.println(usage);
            System.exit(1);
        }

        System.out.println("This example registers an Amazon DynamoDB table, which is the resource to scale.");
        String tableId = args[0];
        String roleARN = args[1];
        String policyName = args[2];
        ServiceNamespace ns = ServiceNamespace.DYNAMODB;
        ScalableDimension tableWCUs = ScalableDimension.DYNAMODB_TABLE_WRITE_CAPACITY_UNITS;
        ApplicationAutoScalingClient appAutoScalingClient = ApplicationAutoScalingClient.builder()
            .region(Region.US_EAST_1)
            .build();

        registerScalableTarget(appAutoScalingClient, tableId, roleARN, ns, tableWCUs);
        verifyTarget(appAutoScalingClient, tableId, ns, tableWCUs);
        configureScalingPolicy(appAutoScalingClient, tableId, ns, tableWCUs, policyName);
    }

    public static void registerScalableTarget(ApplicationAutoScalingClient appAutoScalingClient, String tableId, String roleARN, ServiceNamespace ns, ScalableDimension tableWCUs) {
        try {
            RegisterScalableTargetRequest targetRequest = RegisterScalableTargetRequest.builder()
                .serviceNamespace(ns)
                .scalableDimension(tableWCUs)
                .resourceId(tableId)
                .roleARN(roleARN)
                .minCapacity(5)
                .maxCapacity(10)
                .build();

            appAutoScalingClient.registerScalableTarget(targetRequest);
            System.out.println("You have registered " + tableId);

        } catch (ApplicationAutoScalingException e) {
            System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
        }
    }

    // Verify that the target was created.
    public static void verifyTarget(ApplicationAutoScalingClient appAutoScalingClient, String tableId, ServiceNamespace ns, ScalableDimension tableWCUs) {
        DescribeScalableTargetsRequest dscRequest = DescribeScalableTargetsRequest.builder()
            .scalableDimension(tableWCUs)
            .serviceNamespace(ns)
            .resourceIds(tableId)
            .build();

        DescribeScalableTargetsResponse response = appAutoScalingClient.describeScalableTargets(dscRequest);
        System.out.println("DescribeScalableTargets result: ");
        System.out.println(response);
    }

    // Configure a scaling policy.
    public static void configureScalingPolicy(ApplicationAutoScalingClient appAutoScalingClient, String tableId, ServiceNamespace ns, ScalableDimension tableWCUs, String policyName) {
        // Check if the policy exists before creating a new one.
        DescribeScalingPoliciesResponse describeScalingPoliciesResponse = appAutoScalingClient.describeScalingPolicies(DescribeScalingPoliciesRequest.builder()
            .serviceNamespace(ns)
            .resourceId(tableId)
            .scalableDimension(tableWCUs)
            .build());

        if (!describeScalingPoliciesResponse.scalingPolicies().isEmpty()) {
            // If policies exist, consider updating an existing policy instead of creating a new one.
            System.out.println("Policy already exists. Consider updating it instead.");
            List<ScalingPolicy> polList = describeScalingPoliciesResponse.scalingPolicies();
            for (ScalingPolicy pol : polList) {
                System.out.println("Policy name:" +pol.policyName());
            }
        } else {
            // If no policies exist, proceed with creating a new policy.
            PredefinedMetricSpecification specification = PredefinedMetricSpecification.builder()
                .predefinedMetricType(MetricType.DYNAMO_DB_WRITE_CAPACITY_UTILIZATION)
                .build();

            TargetTrackingScalingPolicyConfiguration policyConfiguration = TargetTrackingScalingPolicyConfiguration.builder()
                .predefinedMetricSpecification(specification)
                .targetValue(50.0)
                .scaleInCooldown(60)
                .scaleOutCooldown(60)
                .build();

            PutScalingPolicyRequest putScalingPolicyRequest = PutScalingPolicyRequest.builder()
                .targetTrackingScalingPolicyConfiguration(policyConfiguration)
                .serviceNamespace(ns)
                .scalableDimension(tableWCUs)
                .resourceId(tableId)
                .policyName(policyName)
                .policyType(PolicyType.TARGET_TRACKING_SCALING)
                .build();

            try {
                appAutoScalingClient.putScalingPolicy(putScalingPolicyRequest);
                System.out.println("You have successfully created a scaling policy for an Application Auto Scaling scalable target");
            } catch (ApplicationAutoScalingException e) {
                System.err.println("Error: " + e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
            }
        }
    }
}

Example 1: This cmdlet registers or updates a scalable target. A scalable target is a resource that Application Auto Scaling can scale out and scale in.

Add-AASScalableTarget -ServiceNamespace AppStream -ResourceId fleet/MyFleet -ScalableDimension appstream:fleet:DesiredCapacity -MinCapacity 2 -MaxCapacity 10