Setting Up Auto Scaling and Load Balancing in AWS
This video shows you how to automatically scale your web apps using AWS's Application Load Balancer (ALB) and Auto Scaling Groups (ASG).
You'll learn:
- How to set up an Auto Scaling Group to automatically manage EC2 instances
- Configuring an Application Load Balancer to distribute traffic
- Creating Launch Templates for consistent instance configuration
- Handling rolling updates between app versions
- Setting up SSL/TLS with AWS Certificate Manager
- Connecting everything to a custom domain with Route 53
We'll start with a basic app running on a single instance and build up to a fully scalable setup that can handle traffic spikes automatically.
Perfect for when your app needs to scale beyond a single server but you don't want to manage all the infrastructure manually.
Don't worry about following along with the video step-by-step yet - just watch to understand the concepts and overall process.