Navigate to the AWS console and create an IAM user with programmatic access. The user will need the following permissions. You can create a policy specifically for these permissions and apply the permissions to the user.
The number of additional threads allowed to be utilized during collection.
Request Timeout (seconds)
The number of seconds to allow for the API to return a response.
Collect CloudWatch Metrics
CloudWatch Historic Mode
If enabled, retrieves a history of data points from CloudWatch. Otherwise, collects only the most recent data point for each metric.
Include Scaling Activities
Include Account Limits
Include Auto Scaling Instances
Include Launch Configurations
Include Scaling Policies
Metrics
Account Limits
Name
Description
Auto Scaling Group Usage (%)
Number of Auto Scaling Groups as a percent of the maximum allowed groups by the AWS Account
Launch Configuration Usage (%)
Number of Launch Configurations as a percent of the maximum allowed groups by the AWS Account
Maximum Number of Auto Scaling Groups
The maximum number of groups allowed for your AWS account.
Maximum Number of Launch Configurations
The maximum number of launch configurations allowed for your AWS account.
Number of Auto Scaling Groups
The current number of groups for your AWS account.
Number of Launch Configurations
The current number of launch configurations for your AWS account.
Region
The AWS Region this object belongs to.
Auto Scaling Group
Name
Description
ARN
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Auto Scaling group.
Availability Zone
One or more Availability Zones for the group.
Created Time
The date and time the group was created.
Default Cooldown (Seconds)
The amount of time after a scaling activity completes before another scaling activity can start.
Desired Capacity
The number of instances that the Auto Scaling group attempts to maintain.
Health Check Type
The service to use for the health checks.
In-Service Instances
The number of instances that are running as part of the Auto Scaling group. This metric does not include instances that are pending or terminating.
Launch Configuration Name
The name of the associated launch configuration.
Launch Template ID
The launch template for the group
Load Balancers
One of more load balancers associated with the group
Maximum Size
The maximum size of the Auto Scaling group.
Minimum Size
The minimum size of the Auto Scaling group.
Name
The name of the Auto Scaling group.
Pending Instances
The number of instances that are pending. A pending instance is not yet in service. This metric does not include instances that are in service or terminating.
Placement Group
The name of the placement group into which you'll launch your instances, if any.
Region
The AWS Region this object belongs to.
Standby Instances
The number of instances that are in a Standby state. Instances in this state are still running but are not actively in service.
Status
The current state of the group when DeleteAutoScalingGroup is in progress.
Tags
The tags attached to this object.
Target Group ARNs
The Amazon Resource Names (ARN) of the target groups for your load balancer.
Terminating Instances
The number of instances that are in the process of terminating. This metric does not include instances that are in service or pending.
Total Instances
The total number of instances in the Auto Scaling group. This metric identifies the number of instances that are in service, pending, and terminating.
VPC Zone
One or more subnet IDs, if applicable, sparated by commas.
Auto Scaling Instance
Name
Description
Availability Zone
The Availability Zone for the instance.
Group Name
The name of the Auto Scaling group for the instance.
Health Status
The last reported health status of this instance.
ID
The ID of the instance.
Launch Configuration Name
The launch configuration used to launch the instance.
Launch Template ID
The launch template for the instance.
Lifecycle State
The lifecycle state for the instance.
Region
The AWS Region this object belongs to.
Launch Configuration
Name
Description
ARN
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the launch configuration.
Associate Public IP Address
[EC2-VPC] Indicates whether to assign a public IP address to each instance.
Created Time
The creation date and time for the launch configuration.
EBS Optimized
Controls whether the instance is optimized for EBS I/O (true) or not (false).
IAM ARN
The name or Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the instance profile associated with the IAM role for the instance.
Image ID
The ID of the Amazon Machine Image (AMI).
Instance Type
The instance type for the instances.
Kernel ID
The ID of the kernel associated with the AMI.
Name
The name of the launch configuration.
Placement Tenancy
The tenancy of the instance, either default or dedicated.
RAM Disk ID
The ID of the RAM disk associated with the AMI.
Region
The AWS Region this object belongs to.
Security Groups
The security groups to associate with the instances.
VPC ID
The ID of a ClassicLink-enabled VPC to link your EC2-Classic instances to.
Scaling Activity
Name
Description
Cause
The reason the activity began.
Description
A friendly, more verbose description of the activity.
Details
The details about the activity
End Time
The end time of the activity.
Group Name
The name of the Auto Scaling group.
ID
The ID of the activity.
Progress
A value between 0 and 100 that indicates the progress of the activity.
Region
The AWS Region this object belongs to.
Start Time
The start time of the activity.
Status Code
The current status of the activity.
Status Message
A friendly, more verbose description of the activity status.
Scaling Policy
Name
Description
ARN
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the policy.
Cooldown (Seconds)
The amount of time after a scaling activity completes before any further dynamic scaling activities can start.
