File: //lib/python3/dist-packages/awscli/examples/autoscaling/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-93633f9b --auto-scaling-group-name my-auto-scaling-group
The following is example output::
{
"Activities": [
{
"Description": "Moving EC2 instance out of Standby: i-93633f9b",
"AutoScalingGroupName": "my-auto-scaling-group",
"ActivityId": "142928e1-a2dc-453a-9b24-b85ad6735928",
"Details": {"Availability Zone": "us-west-2a"},
"StartTime": "2015-04-12T15:14:29.886Z",
"Progress": 30,
"Cause": "At 2015-04-12T15:14:29Z instance i-93633f9b was moved out of standby in response to a user request, increasing the capacity from 1 to 2.",
"StatusCode": "PreInService"
}
]
}