**Example 1: To describe the scaling policies of a specified group** This example describes the scaling policies for the specified Auto Scaling group. :: aws autoscaling describe-policies \ --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg Output:: { "ScalingPolicies": [ { "AutoScalingGroupName": "my-asg", "PolicyName": "alb1000-target-tracking-scaling-policy", "PolicyARN": "arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:123456789012:scalingPolicy:3065d9c8-9969-4bec-bb6a-3fbe5550fde6:autoScalingGroupName/my-asg:policyName/alb1000-target-tracking-scaling-policy", "PolicyType": "TargetTrackingScaling", "StepAdjustments": [], "Alarms": [ { "AlarmName": "TargetTracking-my-asg-AlarmHigh-924887a9-12d7-4e01-8686-6f844d13a196", "AlarmARN": "arn:aws:cloudwatch:us-west-2:123456789012:alarm:TargetTracking-my-asg-AlarmHigh-924887a9-12d7-4e01-8686-6f844d13a196" }, { "AlarmName": "TargetTracking-my-asg-AlarmLow-f96f899d-b8e7-4d09-a010-c1aaa35da296", "AlarmARN": "arn:aws:cloudwatch:us-west-2:123456789012:alarm:TargetTracking-my-asg-AlarmLow-f96f899d-b8e7-4d09-a010-c1aaa35da296" } ], "TargetTrackingConfiguration": { "PredefinedMetricSpecification": { "PredefinedMetricType": "ALBRequestCountPerTarget", "ResourceLabel": "app/my-alb/778d41231b141a0f/targetgroup/my-alb-target-group/943f017f100becff" }, "TargetValue": 1000.0, "DisableScaleIn": false }, "Enabled": true }, { "AutoScalingGroupName": "my-asg", "PolicyName": "cpu40-target-tracking-scaling-policy", "PolicyARN": "arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:123456789012:scalingPolicy:5fd26f71-39d4-4690-82a9-b8515c45cdde:autoScalingGroupName/my-asg:policyName/cpu40-target-tracking-scaling-policy", "PolicyType": "TargetTrackingScaling", "StepAdjustments": [], "Alarms": [ { "AlarmName": "TargetTracking-my-asg-AlarmHigh-139f9789-37b9-42ad-bea5-b5b147d7f473", "AlarmARN": "arn:aws:cloudwatch:us-west-2:123456789012:alarm:TargetTracking-my-asg-AlarmHigh-139f9789-37b9-42ad-bea5-b5b147d7f473" }, { "AlarmName": "TargetTracking-my-asg-AlarmLow-bd681c67-fc18-4c56-8468-fb8e413009c9", "AlarmARN": "arn:aws:cloudwatch:us-west-2:123456789012:alarm:TargetTracking-my-asg-AlarmLow-bd681c67-fc18-4c56-8468-fb8e413009c9" } ], "TargetTrackingConfiguration": { "PredefinedMetricSpecification": { "PredefinedMetricType": "ASGAverageCPUUtilization" }, "TargetValue": 40.0, "DisableScaleIn": false }, "Enabled": true } ] } For more information, see `Dynamic scaling <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-scale-based-on-demand.html>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide*. **Example 2: To describe the scaling policies of a specified name** To return specific scaling policies, use the ``--policy-names`` option. :: aws autoscaling describe-policies \ --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg \ --policy-names cpu40-target-tracking-scaling-policy See example 1 for sample output. For more information, see `Dynamic scaling <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-scale-based-on-demand.html>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide*. **Example 3: To describe a number of scaling policies** To return a specific number of policies, use the ``--max-items`` option. :: aws autoscaling describe-policies \ --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg \ --max-items 1 See example 1 for sample output. If the output includes a ``NextToken`` field, use the value of this field with the ``--starting-token`` option in a subsequent call to get the additional policies. :: aws autoscaling describe-policies --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg --starting-token Z3M3LMPEXAMPLE For more information, see `Dynamic scaling <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-scale-based-on-demand.html>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide*.