DeleteLaunchConfiguration - Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
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DeleteLaunchConfiguration

Deletes the specified launch configuration.

The launch configuration must not be attached to an Auto Scaling group. When this call completes, the launch configuration is no longer available for use.

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

LaunchConfigurationName

The name of the launch configuration.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: [\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*

Required: Yes

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

ResourceContention

You already have a pending update to an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling resource (for example, an Auto Scaling group, instance, or load balancer).

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceInUse

The operation can't be performed because the resource is in use.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

This example illustrates one usage of DeleteLaunchConfiguration.

Sample Request

https://autoscaling.amazonaws.com/?Action=DeleteLaunchConfiguration &LaunchConfigurationName=my-lc &Version=2011-01-01 &AUTHPARAMS

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: