In this video, discover how to configure a launch configuration and a launch template.
- The first step in creating an auto scaling group … is to set up a launch template, or a launch configuration. … This is used to specify the type of EC2 instance … that auto scaling creates for you. … To create a launch template we'll first navigate … to the EC2 service from the AWS console. … On the left hand pane, under the instances section, … we'll click on launch templates. … On the welcome screen we'll click on create launch template. … On the next step we may choose to create … a new template or a new template version. … For now we'll create a new template and provide a name. … I'm going to call this one as My Launch Template. … The first template option allows us … to copy from an existing template, … but for now we'll set this one to none. … If we know the AMI ID we can type it … directly over here or search for AMI. … I'm going to search under the Quick Start catalog … and the AMI that we're looking for is Amazon Linux AMI. … I'll click on select AMI to confirm my selection. …
Author
Shyam Raj
Released
3/26/2019- Automation and optimization in AWS
- On-Demand, Spot, and Reserved Instances
- AWS Auto Scaling
- Performing manual and scheduled scaling
- Simple and step scaling policies
- Creating and invoking a Lambda function
- Instance Scheduler
- Cost allocation tags
- Trusted Advisor recommendations
- Simple Monthly Calculator
- Cost Explorer
- Creating an organization and policy
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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1. Optimize Your EC2 Costs
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On-Demand EC2 instances2m 37s
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EC2 Spot Instances4m 43s
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Spot Instance interruptions4m 50s
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EC2 Reserved Instances4m 9s
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Launch Reserved Instances2m 17s
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2. Auto Scaling
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Auto Scaling3m 36s
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Create an Auto Scaling group4m 57s
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Manual scaling3m 41s
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Scheduled scaling3m 3s
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Target tracking2m 41s
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Simple scaling4m 8s
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Step scaling5m 28s
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3. AWS Lambda
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Lambda3m 47s
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Create a Lambda function4m 44s
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Invoke Lambda functions2m 22s
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4. AWS Instance Scheduler
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AWS Instance Scheduler2m 32s
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Deploy an Instance Scheduler6m 23s
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Instance Scheduler tags3m 18s
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5. Cost Allocation Tags
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Cost allocation tags1m 59s
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6. Trusted Advisor
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Trusted Advisor2m 31s
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7. AWS Cost Calculator and Explorer
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AWS Cost Explorer5m 3s
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8. AWS Organizations
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AWS Organizations2m 32s
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Create an AWS Organization3m 18s
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Conclusion
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Next steps38s
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