Help Center/ Auto Scaling/ API Reference/ APIs/ AS Configurations/ Querying an AS Configuration
Updated on 2026-09-22 GMT+08:00

Querying an AS Configuration

Function

This interface is used to query details about an AS configuration by configuration ID.

Authorization

Each account has all of the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must have the required permissions specifically assigned.

  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see the required permissions in Permissions and Supported Actions.
  • If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the permission listed below is required.

    Action

    Access Level

    Resource Type (*: required)

    Condition Key

    Alias

    Dependencies

    as:scalingConfig:get

    read

    scalingConfig*

    -

    as:configs:get

    -

URI

GET /autoscaling-api/v1/{project_id}/scaling_configuration/{scaling_configuration_id}

Table 1 Parameter description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition

Specifies the project ID. For details, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

scaling_configuration_id

Yes

String

Definition

Specifies an AS configuration ID, which is unique globally. For details, see Querying an AS Configuration.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Request

None

Example Request

This example queries the details about the AS configuration with ID 6afe46f9-7d3d-4046-8748-3b2a1085ad86.

GET https://{Endpoint}/autoscaling-api/v1/{project_id}/scaling_configuration/6afe46f9-7d3d-4046-8748-3b2a1085ad86

Response

  • Response
    Table 2 Response

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    scaling_configuration

    scaling_configurations object

    Definition

    Provides AS configuration details.

    Table 3 scaling_configurations field description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    scaling_configuration_id

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the AS configuration ID. The value is globally unique.

    Range

    N/A

    tenant

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the tenant ID.

    Range

    N/A

    scaling_configuration_name

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the AS configuration name.

    Fuzzy match is supported.

    Range

    The value can contain 1 to 64 characters. Only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-) are allowed.

    instance_config

    instance_config object

    Definition

    Specifies the information about instance configurations.

    create_time

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the time when AS configurations were created. The time format complies with UTC. The value format is: yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ. For example, the value can be 2026-05-28T10:00:00Z.

    Range

    N/A

    scaling_group_id

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the ID of the AS group that the AS configuration is bound to.

    Range

    N/A

    Table 4 instance_config field description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    flavorRef

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the ECS flavor ID.

    Range

    N/A

    imageRef

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the image ID. It is the same as image_id.

    Range

    N/A

    disk

    Array of disk objects

    Definition

    Specifies the disk group information.

    key_name

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the name of the SSH key pair used to log in to the ECS.

    Range

    N/A

    key_fingerprint

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the fingerprint of the SSH key pair used to log in to the ECS.

    Range

    N/A

    instance_name

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the instance name. This parameter is reserved.

    NOTE:

    When you call APIs to query details about an AS configuration created from an ECS or to list such AS configurations, instance_name is empty in the response.

    Range

    N/A

    instance_id

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the instance ID. This parameter is reserved.

    Range

    N/A

    adminPass

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the password used to log in to the ECS. The displayed password is not plaintext. This parameter is reserved.

    Range

    N/A

    personality

    Array of personality objects

    Definition

    Specifies information about the injected file.

    public_ip

    public_ip object

    Definition

    Specifies the EIP of the ECS.

    user_data

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the Cloud-Init user data, which is encoded using Base64.

    Range

    The password must:

    • Contain 8 to 26 characters.
    • Contain at least three of the following character types: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters (!@$%^-_=+[{}]:,./?).

    metadata

    metadata object

    Definition

    Specifies the ECS metadata. For details, see Table 11.

    security_groups

    Array of security_groups objects

    Definition

    Specifies the security group information.

    server_group_id

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the ECS group ID.

    Range

    N/A

    tenancy

    String

    Definition

    Specifies that ECSs are created on DeHs.

    Range

    • dedicated: ECSs are created on DeHs.
    • If this parameter is not specified, ECSs are not created on DeHs.

    dedicated_host_id

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the DeH ID.

    Range

    N/A

    market_type

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the ECS billing mode.

    Range

    • Null: pay-per-use
    • spot: spot price

    multi_flavor_priority_policy

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the priority policy for selecting a flavor when using an AS configuration to create ECSs.

    Range

    • PICK_FIRST: When an ECS is added for capacity expansion, the target flavor is determined by the order in the flavorRef list.
    • COST_FIRST: When an ECS is added for capacity expansion, the target flavor is determined for minimal expenses.

    cpu_options

    CpuOptions object

    Definition

    Specifies whether to disable hyper-threading for instances. For details, see Table 13.

    Table 5 disk field description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    size

    Integer

    Definition

    Specifies the disk size. The unit is GB.

    Range

    • System disk: 1 GB to 1024 GB
    • Data disk: 10 GB to 32,768 GB

    volume_type

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the disk type.

    Range

    • SATA: common I/O
    • SAS: high I/O
    • GPSSD: general-purpose SSD
    • SSD: ultra-I/O
    • ESSD: extreme SSD
    • GPSSD2: general-purpose SSD V2
    • ESSD2: extreme SSD V2

    disk_type

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the disk type (system disk or data disk).

    Range

    DATA: data disk

    SYS: system disk

    dedicated_storage_id

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the ID of the DSS device for the disk.

    Range

    N/A

    data_disk_image_id

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the ID of the data disk image for creating a data disk.

    Range

    N/A

    snapshot_id

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the disk backup snapshot ID.

    Range

    N/A

    metadata

    metadata object

    Definition

    Specifies the metadata for creating disks. For details, see Table 10.

    iops

    Integer

    Definition

    Specifies the IOPS of the EVS disk. This parameter is available when volume_type is set to GPSSD2 or ESSD2.

    NOTE:

    Range

    • GPSSD2: 3,000 to 128,000
    • ESSD2: 100 to 256,000

    throughput

    Integer

    Definition

    Specifies the throughput of the EVS disk. The unit is MiB/s. This parameter is available when volume_type is set to GPSSD2.

    NOTE:
    • For details about the throughput range of GPSSD2 EVS disks, see Disk Types and Performance.
    • Only pay-per-use billing is supported.

    Range

    125–1,000

    Table 6 personality field description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    path

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the path of the injected file.

    Range

    • For Linux, specify the path, for example, /etc/foo.txt, of the injected file.
    • For Windows, the injected file is automatically stored in the root directory of drive C. You only need to specify the file name, for example, foo. The file name contains only letters and digits.

    content

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the injected file content, which is encoded using Base64.

    Range

    N/A

    Table 7 public_ip field description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    eip

    eip object

    Definition

    Specifies the automatically assigned EIP.

    Table 8 eip field description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    ip_type

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the IP address type.

    For details, see the publicip field in "Assigning an EIP" in Virtual Private Cloud API Reference.

    Range

    • 5_bgp: dynamic BGP
    • 5_sbgp: static BGP

    bandwidth

    bandwidth object

    Definition

    Specifies the bandwidth of an IP address.

    Table 9 bandwidth field description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    size

    Integer

    Definition

    Specifies the bandwidth (Mbit/s).

    Range

    [1,2000] for bandwidth billing, [1,300] for traffic billing

    share_type

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the bandwidth sharing type.

    Range

    • PER: dedicated
    • WHOLE: shared

    charging_mode

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the bandwidth billing mode.

    Range

    • bandwidth: billed by bandwidth.
    • traffic: billed by traffic.

    id

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the bandwidth ID. You can specify a shared bandwidth when applying for an EIP with the bandwidth whose type is set to WHOLE.

    Range

    N/A

    Table 10 metadata Field Description for Creating Disks

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    __system__encrypted

    String

    Definition

    Specifies whether disks are encrypted.

    If this parameter is absent, disks are not encrypted by default.

    Range

    0: not encrypted

    1: encrypted

    __system__cmkid

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the CMK ID which is used for encryption. This parameter is used with __system__encrypted.

    NOTE:

    For details about how to use an HTTPS request to obtain the CMK ID, see Querying the Key List.

    Range

    N/A

    Table 11 metadata field description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    admin_pass

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the password of the Administrator account for a Windows ECS.

    Range

    The password must:
    • Contain 8 to 26 characters.
    • Contain at least three of the following character types: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters (!@$%^-_=+[{}]:,./?).
    • Not contain the username or the username in reversed order.
    • Not contain the username, the username in reversed order, or more than two consecutive characters in the username. (for Windows)
    Table 12 security_groups field description

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    id

    String

    Definition

    Specifies the security group ID.

    Range

    N/A

    Table 13 cpu_options field description

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    hw_cpu_threads

    No

    Integer

    Definition

    Specifies the number of CPU hyperthreads, which determines whether to enable CPU hyper-threading.

    Range

    • 1: Disable hyper-threading.
    • 2: Enable hyper-threading.

Example Response

{
    "scaling_configuration": {
        "tenant": "ce061903a53545dcaddb300093b477d2",
        "scaling_configuration_id": "6afe46f9-7d3d-4046-8748-3b2a1085ad86",
        "scaling_configuration_name": "config_name_1",
        "instance_config": {
            "disk": [
                {
                    "size": 40,
                    "volume_type": "SATA",
                    "disk_type": "SYS"
                },
                {
                    "size": 100,
                    "volume_type": "SATA",
                    "disk_type": "DATA"
                }
            ],
            "adminPass": "***",
            "personality": null,
            "instance_name": null,
            "instance_id": null,
            "flavorRef": "103",
            "imageRef": "37ca2b35-6fc7-47ab-93c7-900324809c5c",
            "key_name": "keypair01",
            "key_fingerprint" : "SHA256:qlvdUkYgSjKUxcr2uJgJJRMCKMLkJO5BPLooBcgsF8k",
            "public_ip": null,
            "user_data": null,
            "metadata": {},
            "security_groups": [{
                 "id": "6c22a6c0-b5d2-4a84-ac56-51090dcc33be"
            }],
            "multi_flavor_priority_policy": "PICK_FIRST"
        },
        "create_time": "2015-07-23T01:04:07Z"
    }
}

Returned Values

  • Normal

    200

  • Abnormal

    Returned Value

    Description

    400 Bad Request

    The server failed to process the request.

    401 Unauthorized

    You must enter the username and password to access the requested page.

    403 Forbidden

    You are forbidden to access the requested page.

    404 Not Found

    The server cannot find the requested page.

    405 Method Not Allowed

    You are not allowed to use the method specified in the request.

    406 Not Acceptable

    The client does not accept the response generated by the server.

    407 Proxy Authentication Required

    The client must be authorized by the proxy before the request can proceed.

    408 Request Timeout

    The request timed out.

    409 Conflict

    The request cannot be processed due to a conflict.

    500 Internal Server Error

    Failed to complete the request because of an internal service error.

    501 Not Implemented

    Failed to complete the request because the server does not support the requested function.

    502 Bad Gateway

    Failed to complete the request because the request is invalid.

    503 Service Unavailable

    Failed to complete the request because the system is unavailable.

    504 Gateway Timeout

    The gateway timed out.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.