Auto Scaling
Developer Guide (API Version 2011-01-01)
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Welcome

This is the Auto Scaling Developer Guide. This guide contains conceptual information about the Auto Scaling web service, as well as information about how to use the service to create new web applications or integrate with existing ones. Separate sections describe how to integrate Auto Scaling with other AWS products, such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon Simple Notification Service, and Amazon CloudWatch.

Auto Scaling is a web service that enables you to automatically launch or terminate Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances based on user-defined policies, health status checks, and schedules. This service is used in conjunction with Amazon CloudWatch and Elastic Load Balancing services.

See the following table for links to information on how to work with Auto Scaling.

How Do I... Relevant Resources

Learn more about the business case for Auto Scaling

Auto Scaling product information

Learn how Auto Scaling works

What is Auto Scaling?

Get started with Auto Scaling

Get Started with Auto Scaling

Learn about different interfaces I can use to interact with Auto Scaling

Get Started With Auto Scaling Interfaces

Build the basic infrastructure that will get Auto Scaling started for most applications

Basic Auto Scaling Configuration

Configure a scaling plan for your application

Configure a Scaling Plan

Learn about different ways I can use Auto Scaling to provide solutions for my use cases

Using Auto Scaling

Troubleshoot Auto Scaling

Troubleshooting Auto Scaling

Get the technical FAQ

Auto Scaling Technical FAQ

Get help from the community of developers

Amazon EC2 Discussion Forums