DescribeMetricCollectionTypes
Describes the available CloudWatch metrics for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling.
Response Elements
The following elements are returned by the service.
- Granularities.member.N
-
The granularities for the metrics.
Type: Array of MetricGranularityType objects
- Metrics.member.N
-
The metrics.
Type: Array of MetricCollectionType objects
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
Examples
Example
This example illustrates one usage of DescribeMetricCollectionTypes.
Sample Request
https://autoscaling.amazonaws.com/?Version=2011-01-01&Action=DescribeMetricCollectionTypes
&Version=2011-01-01
&AUTHPARAMS
Sample Response
<DescribeMetricCollectionTypesResponse xmlns="https://autoscaling.amazonaws.com/doc/2011-01-01/">
<DescribeMetricCollectionTypesResult>
<Granularities>
<member>
<Granularity>1Minute</Granularity>
</member>
</Granularities>
<Metrics>
<member>
<Metric>GroupMinSize</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupMaxSize</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupDesiredCapacity</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupInServiceInstances</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupPendingInstances</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupTerminatingInstances</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupStandbyInstances</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupTotalInstances</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupInServiceCapacity</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupPendingCapacity</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupStandbyCapacity</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupTerminatingCapacity</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupTotalCapacity</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>WarmPoolDesiredCapacity</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>WarmPoolWarmedCapacity</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>WarmPoolPendingCapacity</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>WarmPoolTerminatingCapacity</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>WarmPoolTotalCapacity</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupAndWarmPoolDesiredCapacity</Metric>
</member>
<member>
<Metric>GroupAndWarmPoolTotalCapacity</Metric>
</member>
</Metrics>
</DescribeMetricCollectionTypesResult>
<ResponseMetadata>
<RequestId>7c6e177f-f082-11e1-ac58-3714bEXAMPLE</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</DescribeMetricCollectionTypesResponse>
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: