Understanding Auto Scaling Group (ASG) in AWS

CLOUD LABS

Understanding Auto Scaling Group (ASG) in AWS

In this Cloud Lab, you’ll learn to configure Auto Scaling Groups for manual and dynamic policies and test their behavior.

7 Tasks

beginner

1hr

Certificate of Completion

Desktop OnlyDevice is not compatible.

No Setup Required

Amazon Web Services

Learning Objectives

Knowledge of EC2 instances

An understanding of launch templates and their use in creating Auto Scaling groups

An understanding of ASG scales out and in the instances based on the defined configurations

Technology

EC2

Desktop Only

No Setup Required

Amazon Web Services

Labs Rules Apply

Stay within resource usage requirements.

Do not engage in cryptocurrency mining.

Do not engage in or encourage activity that is illegal.

Cloud Lab Overview

In this Cloud Lab, you’ll work with the EC2 service of AWS. You’ll simulate a real-world scenario by deploying a simple server and defining an Auto Scaling group (ASG) to see its behavior in different cases.

You’ll create an EC2 instance and deploy a node server that returns the private IPv4 address of the instance. You’ll use this instance to create an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) and a launch template. Finally, you’ll create and test an ASG.

By the end of this Cloud Lab, you’ll be able to control the scaling of your instances based on your defined configurations so that you don’t need to constantly monitor.

Cloud Lab Tasks

1.Introduction

Getting Started

2.EC2 Instance and Launch Template

Create an EC2 Instance

Create a Launch Template

3.Auto Scaling Group

Create an Auto Scaling Group

Verifying and Testing ASG Behavior

4.Conclusion

Clean Up

Wrap Up

Labs Rules Apply

Stay within resource usage requirements.

Do not engage in cryptocurrency mining.

Do not engage in or encourage activity that is illegal.

Before you start...

Try these optional labs before starting this lab.

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Working with Instances: An Amazon EC2 Walkthrough

beginner

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