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AWS / Guides / Amazon Auto Scaling - Architecture and Production Design

Intermediate

Amazon Auto Scaling - Architecture and Production Design

Understand how Amazon Auto Scaling works from a system design perspective, including scaling policies, resilience patterns, and production-grade architectures.

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Prerequisites

• Basic understanding of Amazon EC2
• Basic understanding of Elastic Load Balancing
• Basic understanding of CloudWatch metrics

Objectives

• Understand the architectural purpose of Auto Scaling
• Design resilient systems using Auto Scaling Groups
• Configure scaling policies correctly
• Apply security and operational best practices
• Build a production-ready scalable architecture

Guide Sections

01 Conceptual Foundations of Auto Scaling 02 Scaling Policies and Decision Strategies 03 High Availability and Fault Tolerance 04 Security and Operational Considerations 05 Designing a Production-Grade Auto Scaling Architecture

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