How to auto scale my instance in Amazon EC2?

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jwchang picture jwchang · Sep 8, 2011 · Viewed 12.6k times · Source

I just have created Amazon EC2 image and I'm new to this environment.

I'm interested in "auto scale" part of Amazon EC2.

But I could not find clear guide to find whether I'm using "auto scale" or not and how to auto scale my instance.

How can I setup "auto scale" properly and easily?

Answer

Rakesh Sankar picture Rakesh Sankar · Sep 9, 2011

Here are some links that might help you setup auto-scaling:

  1. http://kkpradeeban.blogspot.com/2011/01/auto-scaling-with-amazon-ec2.html
  2. http://www.codebelay.com/blog/2009/08/02/how-to-load-balance-and-auto-scale-with-amazons-ec2/

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