AWS Basics · Module 06

Elastic Load Balancing and Auto Scaling Groups

Distribute traffic, self-heal, and scale EC2 across Availability Zones.

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What you will learn

• Distinguish vertical scaling, horizontal scaling, and High Availability
• Choose ALB or NLB for traffic needs
• Configure health, TLS, stickiness, and deregistration
• Create a multi-AZ ASG from a Launch Template
• Choose scaling policies, warmup, and termination behavior

Lessons

1. Scalability and High Availability

   Design for scaling and AZ failure.

2. Elastic Load Balancer Types

   Choose ALB or NLB by protocol and routing.

3. ELB Security, TLS, and Traffic

   Operate health, TLS, stickiness, and deregistration.

4. Auto Scaling Group Basics

   Use a Launch Template and multi-AZ ASG for self-healing.

5. Scaling Policies and Termination

   Choose policies, metrics, warmup, and termination behavior.