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Auto Scaling Documentation

AWS provides multiple services that you can use to scale your application. Auto scaling is enabled by Amazon CloudWatch and is available at no additional charge beyond the service fees for CloudWatch and the other AWS resources that you use.

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

Use Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling to automatically scale Amazon EC2 instances, either with scaling policies or with scheduled scaling.

  1. User Guide

    Describes how to use Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling to launch or terminate instances automatically, based on scaling policies, scheduled scaling, and health checks.

  2. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling section of the AWS CLI Reference

    Provides syntax and examples for the AWS CLI commands for use with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling.

  3. API Reference

    Describes all the API operations for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling in detail. Also provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web services protocols.

Application Auto Scaling

Use Application Auto Scaling to configure auto scaling for resources beyond just EC2, either with scaling policies or with scheduled scaling. For some resources, you can use auto scaling functionality directly in the service console in which you create and manage the resource.

  1. User Guide

    Provides general instructions for using the Application Auto Scaling service to scale different resources, based on scaling policies and scheduled scaling.

  2. Application Auto Scaling section of the AWS CLI Reference

    Provides syntax and examples for the AWS CLI commands for use with Application Auto Scaling.

  3. API Reference

    Describes all the API operations for Application Auto Scaling in detail. Also provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web services protocols.

  4. Custom Resources Repository 

    Contains CloudFormation templates and instructions to build and test auto scaling for custom resources to help accelerate development of your applications and services.

AWS Auto Scaling

Use scaling plans to set up scaling policies across a collection of supported resources from services including Aurora, DynamoDB, EC2 Spot, and ECS.

  1. User Guide

    Walks you through using the AWS Auto Scaling console to identify your scalable resources and to create a scaling plan for the first time.

  2. AWS Auto Scaling Plans section of the AWS CLI Reference

    Provides syntax and examples for the AWS CLI commands for use with scaling plans.

  3. API Reference

    Describes all the API operations for scaling plans in detail. Also provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web services protocols.
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