**To create a lifecycle hook**

This example creates a lifecycle hook::

    aws autoscaling put-lifecycle-hook --lifecycle-hook-name my-lifecycle-hook --auto-scaling-group-name my-auto-scaling-group --lifecycle-transition autoscaling:EC2_INSTANCE_LAUNCHING --notification-target-arn arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:123456789012:my-sns-topic --role-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/my-auto-scaling-role

For more information, see `Add Lifecycle Hooks`_ in the *Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide*.

.. _`Add Lifecycle Hooks`: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/lifecycle-hooks.html#adding-lifecycle-hooks