POST
/#Action=EnableMetricsCollection
http://autoscaling.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=EnableMetricsCollection<p>Enables group metrics collection for the specified Auto Scaling group.</p> <p>You can use these metrics to track changes in an Auto Scaling group and to set alarms on threshold values. You can view group metrics using the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling console or the CloudWatch console. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/ec2-auto-scaling-cloudwatch-monitoring.html">Monitor CloudWatch metrics for your Auto Scaling groups and instances</a> in the <i>Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide</i>.</p>
Access Token Required: API Key
Query Params
Actionstringrequired
Allowed:
Versionstringrequired
Allowed:
Responses
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "abc123",
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}Language
CredentialsAPI KEY
API Key
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cURL Request
1curl --request POST \2 --url 'http://autoscaling.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=EnableMetricsCollection' \3 --header 'accept: application/json' \4 --header 'content-type: application/json'Response
1{2 "success": true,3 "data": {4 "id": "abc123",5 "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"6 }7}