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**To describe a layer's load-based scaling configuration**
The following example describes a specified layer's load-based scaling configuration.
The layer is identified by its layer ID, which you can find on the layer's
details page or by running ``describe-layers``. ::
aws opsworks describe-load-based-auto-scaling --region us-east-1 --layer-ids 6bec29c9-c866-41a0-aba5-fa3e374ce2a1
*Output*: The example layer has a single load-based instance. ::
{
"LoadBasedAutoScalingConfigurations": [
{
"DownScaling": {
"IgnoreMetricsTime": 10,
"ThresholdsWaitTime": 10,
"InstanceCount": 1,
"CpuThreshold": 30.0
},
"Enable": true,
"UpScaling": {
"IgnoreMetricsTime": 5,
"ThresholdsWaitTime": 5,
"InstanceCount": 1,
"CpuThreshold": 80.0
},
"LayerId": "6bec29c9-c866-41a0-aba5-fa3e374ce2a1"
}
]
}
**More Information**
For more information, see `How Automatic Load-based Scaling Works`_ in the *AWS OpsWorks User Guide*.
.. _`How Automatic Load-based Scaling Works`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/opsworks/latest/userguide/workinginstances-autoscaling.html#workinginstances-autoscaling-loadbased