ModifyScalingGroup

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Modifies a scaling group.

Operation description

Operation description

  • The following parameters cannot be modified:

  • You can invoke this operation only when the scaling group is in the Active or Inactive state.

  • Enabling a new scaling configuration does not affect ECS instances or elastic container instances that were created based on the previous scaling configuration and are still running.

  • If you modify MaxSize and the current number of ECS or elastic container instances in the scaling group exceeds the new MaxSize value, Auto Scaling automatically removes instances from the scaling group until the number equals MaxSize.

  • If you modify MinSize and the current number of ECS or elastic container instances in the scaling group is less than the new MinSize value, Auto Scaling automatically adds instances to the scaling group until the number equals MinSize.

  • If DesiredCapacity is set for the scaling group and you modify DesiredCapacity, Auto Scaling automatically adds or removes ECS or elastic container instances to make the number of instances in the scaling group equal to the new DesiredCapacity value.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

ess:ModifyScalingGroup

update

*ScalingGroup

acs:ess:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:scalinggroup/{#ScalingGroupId}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

ScalingGroupId

string

Yes

The ID of the scaling group that you want to modify.

asg-bp1ffogfdauy0jw0****

ScalingGroupName

string

No

The name of the scaling group. The name must be unique within a region. The name must be 2 to 64 characters in length and can contain digits, uppercase letters, lowercase letters, Chinese characters, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.).

scalinggroup****

MinSize

integer

No

The minimum number of ECS instances or elastic container instances in the scaling group. When the number of instances in the scaling group is less than MinSize, Auto Scaling performs automatic creation of ECS instances or elastic container instances.

Note

The value of MinSize must be less than or equal to the value of MaxSize.

1

MaxSize

integer

No

The maximum number of ECS instances or elastic container instances in the scaling group. When the number of instances in the scaling group exceeds MaxSize, Auto Scaling automatically removes instances from the scaling group.

The valid values of MaxSize depend on your Auto Scaling usage. Go to Quota Center to check the quota value of Maximum Number of Instances in a Scaling Group.

For example, if the quota value of Maximum Number of Instances in a Scaling Group is 2000, the valid values of MaxSize are 0 to 2000.

99

DefaultCooldown

integer

No

The cooldown time after a scaling activity (adding or removing ECS instances or elastic container instances) is complete. Valid values: 0 to 86400. Unit: seconds.

During the cooldown time, the scaling group does not execute other scaling activities. This parameter applies only to scaling activities triggered by CloudMonitor event-triggered tasks.

600

RemovalPolicy.1

string

No

指定移出 ECS 实例的第一段伸缩组策略。取值范围:

  • OldestInstance:移出最早加入伸缩组的 ECS 实例。

  • NewestInstance:移出最新加入伸缩组的 ECS 实例。

  • OldestScalingConfiguration:移出最早伸缩配置创建的 ECS 实例。

  • CustomPolicy:基于自定义缩容策略 Function 函数移除 ECS 实例。

Note

OldestScalingConfiguration 中提到的伸缩配置泛指组内实例配置信息来源,包括伸缩配置和启动模板。CustomPolicy 仅支持设置为首位移除策略,当指定 CustomPolicy 需同时指定 CustomPolicyARN 参数。

OldestScalingConfiguration

RemovalPolicy.2

string

No

指定移出 ECS 实例的第二段伸缩组策略。取值范围:

  • OldestInstance:移出最早加入伸缩组的 ECS 实例。

  • NewestInstance:移出最新加入伸缩组的 ECS 实例。

  • OldestScalingConfiguration:移出最早伸缩配置创建的 ECS 实例。

Note

OldestScalingConfiguration 中提到的伸缩配置泛指组内实例配置信息来源,包括伸缩配置和启动模板。

NewestInstance

RemovalPolicy.3

string

No

指定移出 ECS 实例的第三段伸缩组策略。取值范围:

  • OldestInstance:移出最早加入伸缩组的 ECS 实例。

  • NewestInstance:移出最新加入伸缩组的 ECS 实例。

  • OldestScalingConfiguration:移出最早伸缩配置创建的 ECS 实例。

Note

OldestScalingConfiguration 中提到的伸缩配置泛指组内实例配置信息来源,包括伸缩配置和启动模板。

OldestInstance

ActiveScalingConfigurationId

string

No

The ID of the active scaling configuration in the scaling group.

asc-bp17pelvl720x5ub****

HealthCheckType

string

No

The health check mode of the scaling group. Valid values:

  • NONE: no health check is performed.

  • ECS: health checks are performed on instances in the scaling group. This value applies to both ECS-type and ECI-type scaling groups.

  • LOAD_BALANCER: the health status of instances is determined based on load balancing health check results. Classic Load Balancer (CLB) is not supported.

Default value: ECS.

Note

To enable both instance health checks and load balancing health checks, use the HealthCheckTypes parameter.

ECS

LaunchTemplateId

string

No

The ID of the launch template from which the scaling group obtains launch configuration information.

lt-m5e3ofjr1zn1aw7****

LaunchTemplateVersion

string

No

The version of the launch template. Valid values:

  • A fixed template version number.

  • Default: always uses the default version of the template.

  • Latest: always uses the latest version of the template.

Default

OnDemandBaseCapacity

integer

No

The minimum number of pay-as-you-go instances required in the scaling group. Valid values: 0 to 1000. When the number of pay-as-you-go instances is less than this value, pay-as-you-go instances are preferentially created.

When the MultiAZPolicy parameter is set to COMPOSABLE, the default value is 0.

30

OnDemandPercentageAboveBaseCapacity

integer

No

The percentage of pay-as-you-go instances among the excess instances after the minimum number of pay-as-you-go instances (OnDemandBaseCapacity) is met. Valid values: 0 to 100.

When the MultiAZPolicy parameter is set to COMPOSABLE, the default value is 100.

20

SpotInstanceRemedy

boolean

No

Specifies whether to supplement spot instances. If this feature is enabled, Auto Scaling creates new instances to replace spot instances that are about to be reclaimed when the system sends a reclamation notification.

true

CompensateWithOnDemand

boolean

No

Specifies whether to automatically create pay-as-you-go instances to meet the required number of ECS instances when spot instances cannot be created due to reasons such as cost or insufficient inventory. This parameter takes effect only when the MultiAZPolicy parameter of the CreateScalingGroup operation is set to COST_OPTIMIZED. Valid values:

  • true: allows automatic creation.

  • false: does not allow automatic creation.

true

SpotInstancePools

integer

No

The number of available instance types. Auto Scaling creates spot instances across multiple lowest-cost instance types in a balanced manner. Valid values: 0 to 10.

When the MultiAZPolicy parameter is set to COMPOSABLE, the default value is 2.

5

DesiredCapacity

integer

No

The expected number of ECS instances or elastic container instances in the scaling group. Setting this parameter enables the expected number of instances feature. Auto Scaling automatically maintains the number of instances at the expected level. Valid values: MinSize ≤ expected number of instances ≤ MaxSize.

Note

If you disable and then re-enable the expected number of instances feature, you must set the DesiredCapacity value again.

5

GroupDeletionProtection

boolean

No

Specifies whether to enable deletion protection for the scaling group. Valid values:

  • true: enables deletion protection. The scaling group cannot be deleted.

  • false: disables deletion protection.

true

MultiAZPolicy

string

No

The multi-zone scaling policy for ECS instances in the scaling group. Valid values:

  • PRIORITY: scales instances based on the priority of the vSwitches (VSwitchIds.N). Auto Scaling preferentially performs scaling in the zone of the highest-priority vSwitch. If scaling cannot be performed in that zone, Auto Scaling automatically attempts the next-priority zone.

  • COST_OPTIMIZED: during scale-out, Auto Scaling creates ECS instances in ascending order of vCPU unit price. During scale-in, Auto Scaling removes ECS instances in descending order of vCPU unit price. When the scaling configuration specifies multiple instance types with preemptible billing methods, spot instances are preferentially created. You can use the CompensateWithOnDemand parameter to specify whether Auto Scaling automatically creates pay-as-you-go instances when spot instances cannot be created.

    Note

    COST_OPTIMIZED takes effect only when the scaling configuration specifies multiple instance types or uses spot instances.

  • BALANCE: allocates ECS instances evenly across the active zones specified for the scaling group. If the zones become unbalanced due to reasons such as insufficient inventory, you can call the RebalanceInstance operation to rebalance resources.

  • COMPOSABLE: a composite policy that allows you to combine the preceding multi-zone scaling policies as needed. Settings can be customized based on your requirements. This is a composite policy. You can determine whether to combine the preceding multi-zone scaling policies based on your requirements.

PRIORITY

VSwitchIds

array

No

The IDs of one or more vSwitches.

This parameter takes effect only when the network type of the scaling group is VPC. The specified vSwitches must belong to the same VPC as the scaling group.

The vSwitches can span multiple zones. The priority of vSwitches is sorted in ascending numerical order, where 1 indicates the highest priority. When an ECS instance cannot be created in the zone of a higher-priority vSwitch, Auto Scaling automatically selects the next-priority vSwitch.

vsw-bp1oo2a7isyrb8igf****

string

No

The IDs of one or more vSwitches. Valid values of N: 1 to 5.

This parameter takes effect only when the network type of the scaling group is VPC. The specified vSwitches must belong to the same VPC as the scaling group.

The vSwitches can span multiple zones. The priority of vSwitches is sorted in ascending numerical order, where 1 indicates the highest priority. When an ECS instance cannot be created in the zone of a higher-priority vSwitch, Auto Scaling automatically selects the next-priority vSwitch.

vsw-bp1oo2a7isyrb8igf****

LaunchTemplateOverride

array<object>

No

The launch template override information.

object

No

The launch template override information.

InstanceType

string

No

To scale the scaling group based on the capacity of instance types, specify both this parameter and LaunchTemplateOverride.N.WeightedCapacity.

This parameter specifies the instance type, which overrides the instance type in the launch template. You can specify N values for this parameter to extend the launch template to support N instance types. Valid values of N: 1 to 20.

Note

This parameter takes effect only when the LaunchTemplateId parameter specifies a launch template.

Valid values of InstanceType: ECS instance types that are available for purchase. For more information, see Instance families.

ecs.c5.xlarge

WeightedCapacity

integer

No

To scale the scaling group based on the capacity of instance types, specify this parameter after you specify LaunchTemplateOverride.N.InstanceType. The two parameters correspond to each other, and the values of N must be consistent.

This parameter specifies the weight of the instance type, which represents the capacity of a single instance of this type in the scaling group. A larger weight means fewer instances of this type are needed to meet the expected capacity.

Because instance types differ in vCPU count, memory size, and other performance metrics, you can assign different weights to different instance types based on your requirements.

Example:

  • Current capacity: 0.

  • Expected capacity: 6.

  • Capacity of ecs.c5.xlarge: 4.

To meet the expected capacity, Auto Scaling scales out 2 ecs.c5.xlarge instances.

Note

During scale-out, the capacity of the scaling group cannot exceed the sum of the maximum capacity (MaxSize) and the maximum weight of the instance types.

Valid values of WeightedCapacity: 1 to 500.

4

SpotPriceLimit

number

No

The maximum bid price for the instance type specified by LaunchTemplateOverride.N.InstanceType. You can specify N values for this parameter to extend the launch template to support N instance types. Valid values of N: 1 to 20.

Note

This parameter takes effect only when the LaunchTemplateId parameter specifies a launch template.

0.025

AzBalance

boolean

No

Specifies whether to evenly distribute the capacity of the scaling group across multiple zones. This parameter takes effect only when the MultiAZPolicy parameter is set to COMPOSABLE. Valid values:

  • true: evenly distributes the capacity across multiple zones.

  • false: does not evenly distribute the capacity across multiple zones.

Default value: false.

false

AllocationStrategy

string

No

The capacity allocation strategy that determines how the scaling group selects available instance types to meet capacity requirements. The strategy applies to both pay-as-you-go and spot capacity. This parameter takes effect only when the MultiAZPolicy parameter is set to COMPOSABLE. Valid values:

  • priority: creates instances in the order of the configured instance types.

  • lowestPrice: creates instances in ascending order of vCPU unit price.

Default value: priority.

priority

SpotAllocationStrategy

string

No

The spot capacity allocation strategy. You can use this parameter to separately specify the allocation strategy for spot capacity. This parameter takes effect only when the MultiAZPolicy parameter is set to COMPOSABLE. Valid values:

  • priority: creates instances in the order of the configured instance types.

  • lowestPrice: creates instances in ascending order of vCPU unit price.

Default value: priority.

lowestPrice

MaxInstanceLifetime

integer

No

The maximum amount of time that an instance can remain in the scaling group. Unit: seconds.

Valid values: 0 or [86400, Integer.maxValue]. A value of 0 clears any previously set MaxInstanceLifetime value (that is, MaxInstanceLifetime is not set).

Default value: null.

Note

This parameter is not supported for ECI-type scaling groups or scaling groups with the no-fees-for-stopped-instances feature enabled.

null

CustomPolicyARN

string

No

The Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) of the custom scale-in policy Function Compute function. This parameter takes effect only when the first scale-in policy in RemovalPolicies is set to CustomPolicy.

acs:fc:cn-zhangjiakou:16145688****:services/ess_custom_terminate_policy.LATEST/functions/ess_custom_terminate_policy_name

DisableDesiredCapacity

boolean

No

Specifies whether to disable the expected number of instances feature for the scaling group. Valid values:

  • false: enables the expected number of instances feature.

  • true: disables the expected number of instances feature.

Note

You can set this parameter to true only when no scaling activity is in progress. When the expected number of instances feature is disabled, the DesiredCapacity property of the scaling group is cleared, but the current number of instances in the scaling group remains unchanged.

false

ScalingPolicy

string

No

The reclaim mode of the scaling group. Valid values:

  • recycle: the reclaim mode of the scaling group is stop and recycle mode.

  • release: the reclaim mode of the scaling group is release mode.

  • forcerelease: the reclaim mode of the scaling group is forced release mode.

    Note

    If you select forcerelease, running instances are forcefully released during scale-in activities. A forced release is equivalent to a power-off operation, which erases temporary data in the memory and storage of the instance. The data cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution.

  • forcerecycle: the reclaim mode of the scaling group is forced stop and recycle mode.

    Note

    If you select forcerecycle, running instances are forcefully stopped during scale-in activities. A forced stop is equivalent to a power-off operation, which erases temporary data in the memory and storage of the instance. The data cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution.

ScalingPolicy specifies the reclaim mode of the scaling group, but the specific action taken when instances are removed from the scaling group is determined by the RemovePolicy parameter of RemoveInstances. For more information, see RemoveInstances.

recycle

HealthCheckTypes

array

No

The health check modes of the scaling group.

Note

You can set multiple values for this parameter to enable multiple health check options. If the HealthCheckType parameter is set, this parameter is ignored.

string

No

The list of health check modes for the scaling group. Valid values:

  • NONE: no health check is performed.

  • ECS: health checks are performed on instances in the scaling group. This value applies to both ECS-type and ECI-type scaling groups.

  • LOAD_BALANCER: the health status of instances is determined based on load balancing health check results. CLB is not supported.

Default value: ECS.

ECS

StopInstanceTimeout

integer

No

The timeout period for waiting for an ECS instance to stop during a scale-in flow. Unit: seconds. Valid values: 30 to 240.

Note
  • This parameter takes effect only in scale-in flows where ScalingPolicy is set to release mode.

  • If this parameter is set, the system waits up to StopInstanceTimeout seconds for the instance to stop. After the timeout, the scale-in flow continues regardless of whether the instance has stopped.

  • If this parameter is not set, the system waits indefinitely for the instance to stop. The scale-in flow continues only after the instance stops. If the instance fails to stop, the scale-in flow is rolled back and the scale-in fails.

  • Setting this parameter to 0 clears the parameter settings.

60

CapacityOptions

object

No

The capacity options.

OnDemandBaseCapacity

integer

No

The minimum number of pay-as-you-go instances required in the scaling group. When the number of pay-as-you-go instances is less than this value, pay-as-you-go instances are preferentially created. Valid values: 0 to 1000.

When the MultiAZPolicy parameter is set to COMPOSABLE, the default value is 0.

30

OnDemandPercentageAboveBaseCapacity

integer

No

The percentage of pay-as-you-go instances among the excess instances after the minimum number of pay-as-you-go instances (OnDemandBaseCapacity) is met. Valid values: 0 to 100.

When the MultiAZPolicy parameter is set to COMPOSABLE, the default value is 100.

20

CompensateWithOnDemand

boolean

No

Specifies whether to automatically create pay-as-you-go instances to meet the required number of ECS instances when spot instances cannot be created due to reasons such as cost or insufficient inventory. This parameter takes effect only when the MultiAZPolicy parameter of the CreateScalingGroup operation is set to COST_OPTIMIZED. Valid values:

  • true: allows automatic creation.

  • false: does not allow automatic creation.

true

SpotAutoReplaceOnDemand

boolean

No

Specifies whether to use spot instances to replace pay-as-you-go instances when CompensateWithOnDemand is enabled and the pay-as-you-go ratio exceeds the OnDemandPercentageAboveBaseCapacity ratio. A common scenario is when CompensateWithOnDemand causes spot instances to be downgraded to pay-as-you-go instances due to spot inventory or pricing issues. To prevent pay-as-you-go instances from persisting for an extended period, the system attempts to replace excess pay-as-you-go capacity with spot instances. Valid values:

  • true: allows replacement.

  • false: does not allow replacement.

Default value: false.

true

PriceComparisonMode

string

No

The price comparison mode for the cost optimization strategy of the scaling group. Valid values:

  • PricePerUnit: compares prices based on the price per unit of capacity.

    The capacity of an instance in the scaling group equals the weight assigned to the instance type. The default weight is 1, meaning one ECS instance occupies a capacity of 1.

  • PricePerVCpu: compares prices based on the price per vCPU.

Default value: PricePerUnit.

PricePerUnit

BalanceMode

string

No

The zone balancing mode. This parameter takes effect only when zone balancing is enabled. Valid values:

  • BalancedBestEffort: when resource creation fails in a zone, the system falls back to other zones to ensure best-effort resource delivery.

  • BalancedOnly: when resource creation fails in a zone, the system does not fall back to other zones. The scale-out activity partially succeeds to prevent excessive imbalance across zones.

Default value: BalancedBestEffort.

BalancedBestEffort

AutoRebalance

boolean

No

Specifies whether to enable automatic rebalancing for the scaling group. This parameter takes effect only when BalancedOnly is enabled for a zone-balanced scaling group. Valid values:

  • false: disables automatic rebalancing.

  • true: enables automatic rebalancing. The scaling group automatically detects capacity across zones and proactively performs scaling to rebalance zone capacity when an imbalance is detected.

Default value: false.

false

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The request ID.

473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3****

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3****"
}

Error codes

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Release notes

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