Scaling the tasks on the cluster

To scale the cluster to two tasks, as an example, run the following command:

ecs-cli compose --project-name hello-world service scale 2

As the output here indicates, the desiredCount and runningCount get set to 2:

Subsequently, list the running tasks:

ecs-cli compose --project-name hello-world service ps

Two tasks get listed, as shown here:

The Running tasks in the hello-world cluster are also listed as 2, as shown in the following screenshot. Click on the hello-world cluster link:

Select the Tasks tab and ...

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