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Using Auto Scaling
Topics
- Basic Scenario in Auto Scaling
- Auto Scaling With Email Notifications
- Auto Scaling with Alarms and Load Balancing
- Expand to an Additional Availability Zone
- Merge into a Single Multi-Zone Group
- Shut Down an Auto-Scaled, Load-Balanced Application
- Suspend and Resume Processes
- Tagging Auto Scaling Groups and Amazon EC2 Instances
- Launch Auto Scaling Instances into Amazon VPC
This section discusses some common scenarios for using Auto Scaling. In each scenario, we describe the situation, identify the pieces you need and why, list the tools you need and how to use them, and show you the steps to reach the goal. For a complete description of Auto Scaling actions, go to the API Reference.
![[Note]](images/note.png) | Note |
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We assume that your instances are in the US Standard Region.
If your instances are in a different Region, you must specify the Region where your instances reside.
For example, if your instances
are in Europe, you must specify the eu-west-1 Region by using the |
