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Service Overview
What Is AS?
Product Advantages
- Advantages
- Scaling Resources Based on Demand
- Using ELB with AS
Lifecycle
Use Restrictions
Related Services
Basic Concepts
- AS Group
- AS Configuration
- Scaling Actions
Best Practice
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Quick Start
Wizard-based Process of Using AS
Creating an AS Group Quickly
AS Management
AS Groups
- Creating an AS group
- (Optional) Adding a Load Balancer to an AS Group
- Replacing an AS Configuration in an AS Group
- Enabling an AS Group
- Disabling an AS Group
- Modifying an AS Group
- Deleting an AS Group
AS Configurations
- Creating an AS configuration
- Using an Existing ECS to Create an AS Configuration
- Using a New Specifications Template to Create an AS Configuration
- Copying an AS Configuration
- Deleting an AS Configuration
Scaling Actions
- Dynamically Expanding Resources
- Expanding Resources as Planned
- Manually Expanding Resources
- Configuring an Instance Removal Policy
- Viewing a Scaling Action
- Managing Lifecycle Hooks
- Managing Scaling Policies
- Configuring Instance Protection
Monitoring AS Groups and Instances
- Checking Instance Health Status
- Configuring Notification for an AS Group
- Recording AS Resource Operations
- Marking AS Groups and ECSs
- Monitoring Metrics
- Viewing Metrics
- Setting Monitoring Alarm Rules
FAQs
General
- What Is AS?
- What Are Restrictions on Using AS?
- Does an Abrupt Change on Monitoring Indicator Values Cause an Incorrect Scaling Action?
- Are ELB and Cloud Eye Mandatory for AS?
- How Many AS Policies and AS Configurations Can I Create and Use?
AS Group
- What Can I Do If the AS Group Fails to Be Enabled?
- Why Does Not the ELB Health Check Used by an AS Group Take Effect Immediately?
- What Operation Will Be Suspended After An AS Group Is Disabled?
- What Is Health Check Grace Period?
- How Can I Handle an AS Group Exception?
AS Policy
- How Many AS Policies Can Be Enabled?
- What Can I Do If an AS Policy Fails to Be Enabled?
- What Is a Cooldown Period? Why Is It Required?
- What Are the Conditions to Trigger an Alarm in the AS Policy?
- What Will Monitoring Metrics for an AS Group Be Affected If VM Tools Are Not Installed on ECSs?
Instance
- How Do I Delete an ECS Created During a Scaling Action?
- Will the Application Data on an Instance Be Retained After the Instance Is Removed from an AS Group and Deleted?
- How Do I Prevent ECSs from Being Removed from an AS Group Automatically?
- How Should I Handle Abnormal Instances in an AS Group?
- What Is the Expected Number of Instances?
- Why Do Instances in an AS Group Frequently Fail Health Checks and Are Deleted And Then Created Repeatedly?
- Can Instances That Have Been Added Based on an AS Policy Be Automatically Deleted When They Are Not Required?
Others
- What Can I Do to Enable My Application to Be Automatically Deployed on an Instance?
- How Can I Enable Automatic Initialization of EVS Disks of Instances That Have Been Added in a Scaling Action to an AS Group?
- Why Cannot I Use a Key File to Log In to an ECS?
- How Does Cloud-Init Influence the AS Service?
- Do I Need to Configure an EIP in an AS Configuration When A Load Balancer Has Been Enabled in an AS Group?
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