Where can I get a lifecycle-action-token for aws autoscaling complete-lifecycle-action?

Question

aws autoscaling complete-lifecycle-action --lifecycle-action-token ???????? --lifecycle-hook-name ReadyForSoftwareInstall --auto-scaling-group-name  --lifecycle-action-result CONTINUE

Answer 1

Actually you can avoid to use the token and use the instance_id:

aws autoscaling complete-lifecycle-action --auto-scaling-group-name my_service  --lifecycle-hook-name my_lifecycle_hook --instance-id my_instance_id --lifecycle-action-result CONTINUE

Answer 2

The lifecycle-action-token is provided by Auto Scaling in the message sent as part of processing the lifecycle hook. You need to get the token from the original message.

If this is a CodeDeploy hook in your Auto Scaling Group, that message goes to CodeDeploy. You can't manually close the Auto Scaling lifecycle action in that case.