Quick Steps to Configure Amazon AutoScaling Setup Environment and Credentials aptitude install openjdk-6-jre-headless
cat <<-ACCESS > <PATH_TO_CREDENTIAL_FILE>
AWSAccessKeyId=<YOUR_KEY_ID>
AWSSecretKey=<YOUR_KEY_SECRET>
ACCESS
export AWS_CREDENTIAL_FILE=<PATH_TO_CREDENTIAL_FILE>
export JAVA_HOME=$(readlink -f /usr/bin/java | sed "s:bin/java::")
Install AutoScaling Command Line Tools wget http://ec2-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/AutoScaling-2011-01-01.zip
unzip AutoScaling-2011-01-01.zip
export AWS_AUTO_SCALING_HOME=$( readlink -f AutoScaling-1.0.61.2 ) ## *CHECK VERSION BEFORE EXPORT VARIABLE*
export PATH="$PATH:$AWS_AUTO_SCALING_HOME/bin"
Install CloudWatch Command Line Tool wget http://ec2-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/CloudWatch-2010-08-01.zip
unzip CloudWatch-2010-08-01.zip
export AWS_CLOUDWATCH_HOME=$( readlink -f CloudWatch-1.0.13.4 ) ## *CHECK VERSION BEFORE EXPORT VARIABLE*
export PATH="$PATH:$AWS_CLOUDWATCH_HOME/bin"
as-create-launch-config <LAUNCH_CONFIG_NAME> --image-id ami-00000000 --instance-type m1.small --group <SECURITY_GROUPS_comma_separated> --key <YOUR_KEY_NAME.pem>
as-create-auto-scaling-group <AUTO_SCALE_GROUP_NAME> --launch-configuration <LAUNCH_CONFIG_NAME> --availability-zones us-east-1a us-east-1d --min-size 2 --max-size 5 --load-balancers <ELB_NAME>
as-put-scaling-policy <SCALE_UP_POLICY_NAME> --auto-scaling-group <AUTO_SCALE_GROUP_NAME> --adjustment=1 --type ChangeInCapacity --cooldown 300
mon-put-metric-alarm <HIGH_CPU_ALARM_NAME> --comparison-operator GreaterThanThreshold --evaluation-periods 1 --metric-name CPUUtilization --namespace "AWS/EC2" --period 600 --statistic Average --threshold 80 --dimensions "AutoScalingGroupName=<AUTO_SCALE_GROUP_NAME>" --alarm-actions <**POLICY-ARN_FROM_PREVIOUS_STEP**>
as-put-scaling-policy <SCALE_DOWN_POLICY_NAME> --auto-scaling-group <AUTO_SCALE_GROUP_NAME> --adjustment=-1 --type ChangeInCapacity --cooldown 300
mon-put-metric-alarm <LOW_CPU_ALARM_NAME> --comparison-operator LessThanThreshold --evaluation-periods 1 --metric-name CPUUtilization --namespace "AWS/EC2" --period 600 --statistic Average --threshold 35 --dimensions "AutoScalingGroupName=<AUTO_SCALE_GROUP_NAME>" --alarm-actions <**POLICY-ARN_FROM_PREVIOUS_STEP**>
Destroying AutoScaling Group as-update-auto-scaling-group <AUTO_SCALE_GROUP_NAME> --min-size 0 --max-size 0
as-delete-auto-scaling-group <AUTO_SCALE_GROUP_NAME>
as-delete-launch-config <LAUNCH_CONFIG_NAME>
Check if environment is OK $ as-describe-scaling-activities
ACTIVITY eb20abac-d01f-434a-bfcb-fa1961328df4 <AUTO_SCALE_GROUP_NAME> InProgress
ACTIVITY cf2a0319-3f3b-4766-b91c-1c491e447087 2013-05-22T23:03:08Z <AUTO_SCALE_GROUP_NAME> Successful
$ as-describe-launch-configs
LAUNCH-CONFIG <LAUNCH_CONFIG_NAME> ami-00000000 m1.small
$ as-describe-auto-scaling-groups
AUTO-SCALING-GROUP <AUTO_SCALE_GROUP_NAME> <LAUNCH_CONFIG_NAME> us-east-1e,us-east-1d <ELB_NAME> 1 5 1 Default
INSTANCE i-00000000 us-east-1d InService Healthy <LAUNCH_CONFIG_NAME>
$ as-describe-auto-scaling-instances
INSTANCE i-00000000 <AUTO_SCALE_GROUP_NAME> us-east-1d InService HEALTHY <LAUNCH_CONFIG_NAME>
$ as-describe-policies --headers
SCALING-POLICY GROUP-NAME POLICY-NAME SCALING-ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT-TYPE COOLDOWN POLICY-ARN
SCALING-POLICY <AUTO_SCALE_GROUP_NAME> <SCALE_DOWN_POLICY_NAME> -1 ChangeInCapacity 300 arn:aws:autoscaling:us-east-1:000000000000:scalingPolicy:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000:autoScalingGroupName/<AUTO_SCALE_GROUP_NAME>:policyName/<SCALE_DOWN_POLICY_NAME>
ALARM ALARM-NAME POLICY-NAME
ALARM <LOW_CPU_ALARM_NAME> <SCALE_DOWN_POLICY_NAME>
SCALING-POLICY <AUTO_SCALE_GROUP_NAME> <SCALE_UP_POLICY_NAME> 1 ChangeInCapacity 300 arn:aws:autoscaling:us-east-1:000000000000:scalingPolicy:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000:autoScalingGroupName/<AUTO_SCALE_GROUP_NAME>:policyName/<SCALE_UP_POLICY_NAME>
ALARM ALARM-NAME POLICY-NAME
ALARM <HIGH_CPU_ALARM_NAME> <SCALE_UP_POLICY_NAME>
