/// <summary>
        /// checks to see if this instance is in the
        /// terminate wait state
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private bool IsInTerminateWaitState()
        {
            bool returnValue = false;

            using (AmazonAutoScalingClient scalingClient = new AmazonAutoScalingClient())
            {
                DescribeAutoScalingInstancesRequest describeAutoScalingInstancesRequest = new DescribeAutoScalingInstancesRequest
                {
                    InstanceIds = new List <string>(new string[] { _InstanceId })
                };
                try
                {
                    DescribeAutoScalingInstancesResponse describeAutoScalingInstancesResponse = scalingClient.DescribeAutoScalingInstancesAsync(describeAutoScalingInstancesRequest).Result;
                    if (describeAutoScalingInstancesResponse.HttpStatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK)
                    {
                        foreach (AutoScalingInstanceDetails instDetail in describeAutoScalingInstancesResponse.AutoScalingInstances)
                        {
                            if (instDetail.InstanceId.Equals(_InstanceId, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                            {
                                if (instDetail.LifecycleState.CaseInsensitiveEquals("Terminating:Wait"))
                                {
                                    returnValue = true;
                                }
                                break;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                catch (Exception)
                {
                    //Yes AWS throws Exceptions and System.AggregrateExceptions
                    //so for now this is the right way to handle it
                    returnValue = false;
                }
            }
            return(returnValue);
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// checks to see if this is an autoscaled instance
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="instanceId"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private bool IsAutoscaledInstance()
        {
            bool returnValue = false;

            if (!_InstanceId.IsNullOrWhiteSpace())
            {
                using (AmazonAutoScalingClient scalingClient = new AmazonAutoScalingClient())
                {
                    DescribeAutoScalingInstancesRequest describeAutoScalingInstancesRequest = new DescribeAutoScalingInstancesRequest
                    {
                        InstanceIds = new List <string>(new string[] { _InstanceId })
                    };
                    try
                    {
                        DescribeAutoScalingInstancesResponse describeAutoScalingInstancesResponse = scalingClient.DescribeAutoScalingInstancesAsync(describeAutoScalingInstancesRequest).Result;
                        if (describeAutoScalingInstancesResponse.HttpStatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK)
                        {
                            foreach (AutoScalingInstanceDetails instDetail in describeAutoScalingInstancesResponse.AutoScalingInstances)
                            {
                                if (instDetail.InstanceId.CaseInsensitiveEquals(_InstanceId))
                                {
                                    _AutoScalingGroupName = instDetail.AutoScalingGroupName;
                                    returnValue           = true;
                                    break;
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    catch (Exception)
                    {
                        //Yes AWS throws Exceptions and System.AggregrateExceptions
                        //so for now this is the right way to handle it
                        returnValue = false;
                    }
                    if (returnValue)
                    {
                        DescribeLifecycleHooksRequest describeLifecycleHooksRequest = new DescribeLifecycleHooksRequest
                        {
                            AutoScalingGroupName = _AutoScalingGroupName
                        };
                        try
                        {
                            DescribeLifecycleHooksResponse describeLifecycleHooksResponse = scalingClient.DescribeLifecycleHooksAsync(describeLifecycleHooksRequest).Result;

                            if (describeLifecycleHooksResponse.HttpStatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK)
                            {
                                foreach (LifecycleHook lifecycleHook in describeLifecycleHooksResponse.LifecycleHooks)
                                {
                                    if (lifecycleHook.LifecycleTransition.CaseInsensitiveEquals("autoscaling:EC2_INSTANCE_TERMINATING"))
                                    {
                                        _TerminatingLifeCycleHookName = lifecycleHook.LifecycleHookName;
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                        catch (Exception)
                        {
                            //Yes AWS throws Exceptions and System.AggregrateExceptions
                            //so for now this is the right way to handle it
                            returnValue = false;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            return(returnValue);
        }