name : exit-standby.rst **To move instances out of standby mode** This example moves the specified instance out of standby mode. :: aws autoscaling exit-standby \ --instance-ids i-061c63c5eb45f0416 \ --auto-scaling-group-name my-asg Output:: { "Activities": [ { "ActivityId": "142928e1-a2dc-453a-9b24-b85ad6735928", "AutoScalingGroupName": "my-asg", "Description": "Moving EC2 instance out of Standby: i-061c63c5eb45f0416", "Cause": "At 2020-10-31T20:32:50Z instance i-061c63c5eb45f0416 was moved out of standby in response to a user request, increasing the capacity from 0 to 1.", "StartTime": "2020-10-31T20:32:50.222Z", "StatusCode": "PreInService", "Progress": 30, "Details": "{\"Subnet ID\":\"subnet-6194ea3b\",\"Availability Zone\":\"us-west-2c\"}" } ] } For more information, see `Temporarily removing instances from your Auto Scaling group <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-enter-exit-standby.html>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide*.