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Change the capacity of Auto Scaling group

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The procedure for creating a task is as follows.

  1. From the header menu, click “TASK” - “EC2” - “Change the capacity of Auto Scaling group”.
  2. A list of tasks will be displayed. Once you have created a task, you can edit or delete it from this screen. At first, there are no tasks, so click the CREATE button.
  3. Enter the conditions and click the CREATE button.

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The following is a description of the items on the screen.

NameThe name of the task.
OrganizationSpecify the organization. Members of the same organization can browse and edit.
AWS accountLinked AWS accounts will be displayed. Select the target AWS account.
RegionSelect the target region.
TargetSpecify the tag (Key and Value) of the Auto Scaling group you wish to operate. The same tag can be set for multiple Auto Scaling groups to start and stop them all at once.
Desired capacitySpecify the desired capacity between 050. You can set a minimum capacitymaximum capacity value.
Minimum capacity Maximum capacitySpecify the minimum and maximum capacity between 0~50. If a scaling policy is set, this value will be applied.

For a detailed explanation of each capacity, please refer to the following official AWS documents.

Set scaling limits for your Auto Scaling group

Upper/lower capacity limits that can be set

Section titled “Upper/lower capacity limits that can be set”

The desired capacity, minimum capacity, and maximum capacity can be specified as values in the range of 0 to 50. If you wish to set a value greater than 50, please refer to the following official AWS documentation for scheduled scaling.

Scheduled scaling for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling