Use RecordLifecycleActionHeartbeat with a CLI - Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
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Use RecordLifecycleActionHeartbeat with a CLI

The following code examples show how to use RecordLifecycleActionHeartbeat.

CLI
Amazon CLI

To record a lifecycle action heartbeat

This example records a lifecycle action heartbeat to keep the instance in a pending state.

aws autoscaling record-lifecycle-action-heartbeat \
    --lifecycle-hook-name my-launch-hook \
    --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg \
    --lifecycle-action-token bcd2f1b8-9a78-44d3-8a7a-4dd07d7cf635

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling lifecycle hooks in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example records a heartbeat for the specified lifecycle action. This keeps the instance in a pending state until you complete the custom action.

Write-ASLifecycleActionHeartbeat -AutoScalingGroupName my-asg -LifecycleHookName myLifecycleHook -LifecycleActionToken bcd2f1b8-9a78-44d3-8a7a-4dd07d7cf635
Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example records a heartbeat for the specified lifecycle action. This keeps the instance in a pending state until you complete the custom action.

Write-ASLifecycleActionHeartbeat -AutoScalingGroupName my-asg -LifecycleHookName myLifecycleHook -LifecycleActionToken bcd2f1b8-9a78-44d3-8a7a-4dd07d7cf635

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