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Auto Scaling

Application Auto Scaling adjusts capacity for supported resources. Use scheduled actions for known workload times and target tracking to react to current resource use.

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Syntax

aws application-autoscaling register-scalable-target --service-namespace namespace --scalable-dimension dimension --resource-id identifier --min-capacity min --max-capacity max
aws application-autoscaling put-scheduled-action --service-namespace namespace --scalable-dimension dimension --resource-id identifier --scheduled-action-name name --schedule "cron(...)" --scalable-target-action MinCapacity=min,MaxCapacity=max
aws application-autoscaling put-scaling-policy --service-namespace namespace --scalable-dimension dimension --resource-id identifier --policy-name name --policy-type TargetTrackingScaling --target-tracking-scaling-policy-configuration configuration

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  • Application Auto Scaling
  • Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
  • AWS Auto Scaling
  • Scaling plans
  • Dynamic scaling
  • Predictive scaling
  • Target tracking scaling policy
  • Scheduled action

Source: Tutorial: Configure auto scaling to handle a heavy workload. Checked 2026-11-03.