Configure Autoscaling For Instances

Problem

Can I configure autoscaling based on CPU usage in Platform9 Managed OpenStack?

Environment

• Platform9 Managed OpenStack - All Versions

• Nova

• Heat

Answer

• Autoscaling is supported by Platform9.

• Define a Heat template for autoscaling an application which can deploy more application instances as the workload increases. Refer to below link for detailed steps:

Enable Autoscaling Using Heat Templates

• Also, the Availability Zone can be added to the autoscaling group. Refer to Virtual Machine High Availability With Platform9 OpenStack for detailed steps.