Minimum, maximum, and desired capacity in AWS - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to set the minimum capacity of an Auto Scaling group to 2.

AWS

"MinSize": [1]

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A10

B5

C0

D2

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Setting minimum capacity higher than maximum capacity.

Using zero when you want at least one instance.

The minimum capacity defines the smallest number of instances the group should have. Setting it to 2 ensures at least two instances run.

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medium

Complete the code to set the maximum capacity of an Auto Scaling group to 6.

AWS

"MaxSize": [1]

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A6

B3

C1

D10

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Setting maximum capacity lower than minimum capacity.

Choosing a number too low for expected traffic.

The maximum capacity limits how many instances the group can scale out to. Setting it to 6 means no more than six instances will run.

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hard

Fix the error in setting the desired capacity to 8 when maximum capacity is 5.

AWS

"DesiredCapacity": [1]

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A10

B8

C5

D3

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Setting desired capacity higher than maximum capacity.

Ignoring capacity limits and causing deployment errors.

The desired capacity cannot be greater than the maximum capacity. Since max is 5, desired must be 5 or less.

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hard

Fill both blanks to set minimum capacity to 1 and desired capacity to 3.

AWS

"MinSize": [1], "DesiredCapacity": [2]

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A1

B2

C3

D4

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Setting desired capacity lower than minimum capacity.

Confusing minimum and desired capacity values.

Minimum capacity is set to 1 to keep at least one instance running. Desired capacity is 3 to start with three instances.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to set minimum capacity to 2, maximum capacity to 5, and desired capacity to 4.

AWS

"MinSize": [1], "MaxSize": [2], "DesiredCapacity": [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A2

B5

C4

D3

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Setting desired capacity outside the min-max range.

Mixing up min, max, and desired values.

Minimum capacity is 2 to keep at least two instances running. Maximum capacity is 5 to limit scaling. Desired capacity is 4 to start with four instances.