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

The following code examples show how to use SetInstanceHealth.

CLI
Amazon CLI

To set the health status of an instance

This example sets the health status of the specified instance to Unhealthy.

aws autoscaling set-instance-health \ --instance-id i-061c63c5eb45f0416 \ --health-status Unhealthy

This command produces no output.

PowerShell
Tools for PowerShell V4

Example 1: This example sets the status of the specified instance to 'Unhealthy', taking it out of service. Auto Scaling terminates and replaces the instance.

Set-ASInstanceHealth -HealthStatus Unhealthy -InstanceId i-93633f9b

Example 2: This example sets the status of the specified instance to 'Healthy', keeping it in service. Any health check grace period for the Auto Scaling group is not honored.

Set-ASInstanceHealth -HealthStatus Healthy -InstanceId i-93633f9b -ShouldRespectGracePeriod $false
  • For API details, see SetInstanceHealth in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V4).

Tools for PowerShell V5

Example 1: This example sets the status of the specified instance to 'Unhealthy', taking it out of service. Auto Scaling terminates and replaces the instance.

Set-ASInstanceHealth -HealthStatus Unhealthy -InstanceId i-93633f9b

Example 2: This example sets the status of the specified instance to 'Healthy', keeping it in service. Any health check grace period for the Auto Scaling group is not honored.

Set-ASInstanceHealth -HealthStatus Healthy -InstanceId i-93633f9b -ShouldRespectGracePeriod $false
  • For API details, see SetInstanceHealth in Amazon Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5).

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