Auto-Scaling Groups
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What is Auto-Scaling Groups?
"Autoscaling Groups" in AWS, also known as Auto Scaling Groups (ASGs), are the main components used for scaling resources automatically according to your requirements in AWS. They contain a collection of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances that are treated as a logical grouping for the purpose of automatic scaling and management. The instances in an ASG are distributed across different availability zones in a region, ensuring a high level of fault tolerance. When defining an ASG, you specify its minimum, maximum, and desired number of EC2 instances. You also have to specify a launch configuration that determines what type of instances should be launched and from which Amazon Machine Image (AMI).
Free resources to learn Auto-Scaling Groups
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Auto-Scaling Groups: common questions
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Is this Auto-Scaling Groups tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 57 of 101 in the free AWS roadmap, in stage 10, Cloudwatch. If you are new to AWS, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.