Introduction to Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

This lab shows you how to use Auto Scaling to automatically launch Amazon EC2 instances in response to conditions that you specify. You will then test Auto Scaling by terminating a running instance and watching while Auto Scaling automatically creates a replacement instance.

Level

Fundamental

Duration

Course Objectives

In this course, you will learn how to:

• Create a Launch Template
• Create an Auto Scaling group
• Test the Auto Scaling Infrastructure
• View the results of the Auto Scaling launch

Intended Audience

This course is intended for:

• Architects
• Developers

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:

• Familiar with launching Amazon EC2 instances and have already created and utilized key pairs and security groups

Course Outline

• Task 1: Create a Launch Template
• Task 2: Create an Auto Scaling Group
• Task 3: Verify your Auto Scaling group
• Task 4: Test Auto Scaling