Scalable Systems

AWS Auto Scaling API

AWS Auto Scaling monitors applications and automatically adjusts capacity across multiple AWS resources including EC2, ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, and Aurora. The API enables defining scaling policies, target tracking, and scheduled scaling for systems that must respond to variable load.

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https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/application/APIReference/Welcome.html

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: scalable-systems:aws-autoscaling
name: AWS Auto Scaling API
description: AWS Auto Scaling monitors applications and automatically adjusts capacity across multiple
  AWS resources including EC2, ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, and Aurora. The API enables defining scaling policies,
  target tracking, and scheduled scaling for systems that must respond to variable load.
tags:
- Auto-Scaling
- AWS
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Scalable Architecture
tags_raw:
- Auto Scaling
- AWS
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Scalable Architecture
humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/application/APIReference/Welcome.html
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/application/APIReference/Welcome.html