This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Olu
Here’s a summary of what I did:
- Created 2 EC2 Instances:These are your servers.
- Launched an Application Load Balancer:This helps distribute incoming traffic evenly across your servers.
- Created a Security Group:This allows only HTTP traffic to your servers.
- Grouped Instances in a Target Group: This is a set of servers the load balancer will distribute traffic to.
- Created an Auto Scaling Group (ASG): This adjusts the number of servers automatically based on demand.
- Created a Launch Template: This template provides the ASG with the necessary instructions to create new EC2 instances.
- Attached ASG to the Load Balancer: This ensures traffic is evenly distributed across the instances, and new instances are created or deleted as needed.
In essence, I set up a system where the load balancer distributes traffic and the ASG ensures the right number of servers are running based on current demand.
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Olu