application-autoscaling:RegisterScalableTarget

Write

application-autoscaling:RegisterScalableTarget is a Write access-level action in the application-autoscaling service. Grants permission to register AWS or custom resources as scalable targets with Application Auto Scaling and to update configuration parameters used to manage a scalable target

Resource types

ARNs that application-autoscaling:RegisterScalableTarget can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:application-autoscaling:${Region}:${Account}:scalable-target/${ResourceId} required
ScalableTarget

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants application-autoscaling:RegisterScalableTarget.

application-autoscaling:scalable-dimension String

Filters access by the scalable dimension that is passed in the request

application-autoscaling:service-namespace String

Filters access by the service namespace that is passed in the request

aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by the tags that are passed in the request

aws:TagKeys ArrayOfString

Filters access by the tag keys that are passed in the request

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by the tags associated with the resource

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows application-autoscaling:RegisterScalableTarget. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowApplicationautoscalingRegisterScalableTarget",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "application-autoscaling:RegisterScalableTarget",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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