Auto Scaling
Auto Scaling
Section titled “Auto Scaling”Auto-scaling automatically adjusts the number of VM instances in response to real-time demand, ensuring availability while minimizing costs.
Create an Auto-Scaling Group
Section titled “Create an Auto-Scaling Group”- From the left-hand menu, click Auto-Scaling.
- Click Create New.
- Project: assign to a project.
- Location: select the data center.
- Network: select or create a network.
- Load Balancer: select the load balancer to distribute traffic.
- Forwarding Rules: set public and private port ranges.
- Image: select OS/template.
- Plan: choose CPU, memory, storage.
- Server Settings: set password for instances.
- Capacity Planner: set min/max instance count and grace period (seconds).
- Policies:
- Scale Up Policy: triggered when usage exceeds a threshold; adds instances.
- Scale Down Policy: triggered when demand drops; removes instances.
- Expressions: set Counter, Operator, Threshold for each policy.
- Scheduled Policies: scale at specific times instead of reacting to metrics.
- Name: provide a unique name.
- Create: billing cycles: Monthly, Quarterly, Semiannually, Yearly, Bi-annually, Tri-annually. Click Create.