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Introduction to EC2 Auto Scaling

Auto Scaling helps you maintain application availability and allows you to dynamically scale your Amazon EC2 capacity up or down automatically, according to conditions you define.

AWS - Pluralsight course - Introduction to EC2 Auto Scaling
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Auto Scaling helps you maintain application availability and allows you to dynamically scale your Amazon EC2 capacity up or down automatically, according to conditions you define. This course will introduce you to Auto Scaling, including types of automatic scaling and the various components that make up the service. We discuss benefits, best practices, and use cases, and walk you through a demonstration of how to create a launch configuration, auto scaling group and policy, and how to trigger Auto Scaling.

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