**To create a capacity provider** The following ``create-capacity-provider`` example creates a capacity provider that uses an Auto Scaling group named ``MyAutoScalingGroup``, has managed scaling and managed termination protection enabled. This configuration is used for Amazon ECS cluster auto scaling. :: aws ecs create-capacity-provider \ --name "MyCapacityProvider" \ --auto-scaling-group-provider autoScalingGroupArn=arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:123456789012:autoScalingGroup:a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE11111:autoScalingGroupName/MyAutoScalingGroup,managedScaling={status=ENABLED,targetCapacity=100,minimumScalingStepSize=1,maximumScalingStepSize=100},managedTerminationProtection=ENABLED Output:: { "capacityProvider": { "capacityProviderArn": "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:capacity-provider/MyCapacityProvider", "name": "MyCapacityProvider", "status": "ACTIVE", "autoScalingGroupProvider": { "autoScalingGroupArn": "arn:aws:autoscaling:us-west-2:123456789012:autoScalingGroup:a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE11111:autoScalingGroupName/MyAutoScalingGroup", "managedScaling": { "status": "ENABLED", "targetCapacity": 100, "minimumScalingStepSize": 1, "maximumScalingStepSize": 100 }, "managedTerminationProtection": "ENABLED" }, "tags": [] } } For more information, see `Cluster auto scaling `__ in the *Amazon ECS Developer Guide*.