Configuring an auto scaling policy

Auto scaling is not configured by default:

  • To configure auto scaling, click on the Update button, which is shown in the preceding screenshot, for the service that is to be auto scaled. The Update Service wizard gets started, as shown in the following screenshot. 
  • In the Configure service page, the settings are not to be modified unless the Desired number of tasks (3) needs to be updated. Click on Next step.
  • In Configure network, we don't need to make any modifications. Click on Next step.
  • In the Service auto scaling page, select the Service auto scaling option Configure Service auto scaling to adjust your service’s desired count, as shown here:

We shall discuss configuring a step auto scaling policy next. ...

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