---
title: "terminateServerInstanceInAutoScalingGroup"
slug: "cli-autoscaling-terminateserverinstanceinautoscalinggroup"
updated: 2026-09-17T10:08:39Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:08:39Z
canonical: "cli.ncloud-docs.com/cli-autoscaling-terminateserverinstanceinautoscalinggroup"
---

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# terminateServerInstanceInAutoScalingGroup

## Overview

Terminate server instances that belong to the autoscaling group

## Description

Terminate the assigned server instance. You can reduce group’s size by one while deleting a server instance.

## Request Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Type | Restrictions | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| serverInstanceNo | Yes | String | - | Identification number of the server instance to delete. It is not valid unless the server instance is in an autoscaling group. |
| shouldDecrementDesiredCapacity | Yes | Boolean | - | Whether to reduce the size of the associated autoscaling group at the same time as deleting the server instance. To reduce it, type true. Otherwise, enter false. ※ If this value is true, the group size will be (existing group size - 1). |

## Response Data type

- CommonResponse Type

| CommonResponse extends BaseObject |
| --- |
| private String requestId; |
| private String returnCode; |
| private String returnMessage; |

## Examples

### Request

```
ncloud autoscaling terminateServerInstanceInAutoScalingGroup --serverInstanceNo 401184 --shouldDecrementDesiredCapacity true
```

### Response

```
{
  "terminateServerInstanceInAutoScalingGroupResponse": {
    "requestId": "163f6617-d105-47ab-8c3d-840b56051e68",
    "returnCode": "0",
    "returnMessage": "success"
  }
}
```

```
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<terminateServerInstanceInAutoScalingGroupResponse>
  <requestId>163f6617-d105-47ab-8c3d-840b56051e68</requestId>
  <returnCode>0</returnCode>
  <returnMessage>success</returnMessage>
</terminateServerInstanceInAutoScalingGroupResponse>
```