Auto Scaling and Load Balancing
Make your EC2-based backend resilient and elastic by combining Auto Scaling Groups with an Application Load Balancer to handle changing traffic.
From One Server to Many
One EC2 instance is a single point of failure. Backends run an Auto Scaling Group of instances behind a load balancer that spreads requests across them.
The Launch Template
An ASG needs a recipe for the instances it spins up. A launch template defines the AMI, instance type, and startup configuration.
All lessons in this course
- Introduction to AWS for Backend
- Launching Your First EC2 Instance
- Connecting & Basic EC2 Management
- Auto Scaling and Load Balancing