# Managing Scaling Groups
source: https://docs.chalk.ai/docs/scaling-groups/managing-scaling-groups

## List, inspect, and delete scaling groups from the CLI and the SDK.

List, inspect, and delete the scaling groups in your
environment from the CLI or the SDK.

### Listing

```
$ chalk scaling-group list
```

Displays a table of all scaling groups in your environment with their ID,
name, selected revision, image, status, replica counts, URL, and creation time.

```
from chalk.client import ChalkClient

client = ChalkClient()
response = client.list_scaling_groups()

for scaling_group in response.scalingGroups:
    print(f"Scaling group: {scaling_group.name}")
    print(f"  Status: {scaling_group.status}")
```

### Inspecting

```
$ chalk scaling-group get --name=inference
```

Shows the group's ID, name, selected revision, status, image, port, minimum and
maximum replicas, web URL, and creation time.

```
import chalkcompute

sg = chalkcompute.ScalingGroup.from_name("inference")
# or
sg = chalkcompute.ScalingGroup.from_id("scaling-group-id")

info = sg.refresh()
print(info.status)             # 'Available', 'Pending', 'ScaledToZero', ...
print(info.ready_replicas)
print(info.available_replicas)
print(sg.web_url)
```

A scaling group reports one of these statuses:

| Status         | Meaning                                                                              |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `Pending`      | No replica is ready.                                                                 |
| `Available`    | All desired replicas are ready.                                                      |
| `Degraded`     | Some replicas are ready, but not all desired replicas are, or a rollout has stalled. |
| `ScaledToZero` | `min_replicas` is `0` and the autoscaler has scaled the group to zero replicas.      |
| `Unhealthy`    | No replica is ready and a replica is failing, or a startup probe failed.             |
| `Error`        | Chalk could not apply the group's spec.                                              |
| `Unknown`      | Chalk has not reported a status for the group.                                       |
| `Deleted`      | The group was deleted.                                                               |

### Deleting

```
$ chalk scaling-group delete --name=inference
```

```
sg.delete()
```

Both surfaces remove the Kubernetes Deployment, Service, and HTTPRoute
associated with the scaling group. The SDK additionally cleans up any
temporary volumes created from add_local_file uploads. The database record
is soft-deleted so the group still appears in history.