name : execute-policy.rst **To execute a scaling policy** This example executes the scaling policy named ``my-step-scale-out-policy`` for the specified Auto Scaling group. :: aws autoscaling execute-policy \ --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg \ --policy-name my-step-scale-out-policy \ --metric-value 95 \ --breach-threshold 80 This command produces no output. For more information, see `Step and simple scaling policies <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-scaling-simple-step.html>`_ in the *Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide*.