Adding a scaling policy - Amazon ElastiCache

Adding a scaling policy

You can add a scaling policy using the AWS Management Console.

Adding a scaling policy using the AWS Management Console

To add an auto scaling policy to ElastiCache with Valkey or Redis OSS

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon ElastiCache console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/elasticache/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Valkey or Redis OSS.

  3. Choose the cluster that you want to add a policy to (choose the cluster name and not the button to its left).

  4. Choose the Auto Scaling policies tab.

  5. Choose add dynamic scaling.

  6. Under Scaling policies, choose Add dynamic scaling.

  7. For Policy Name, enter the policy name.

  8. For Scalable Dimension, select Replicas from dialog box.

  9. For the target value, type the Avg percentage of CPU utilization that you want to maintain on ElastiCache Replicas. This value must be >=35 and <=70. Cluster replicas are added or removed to keep the metric close to the specified value.

  10. (Optional) scale-in or scale-out cooldown periods are not supported from the Console. Use the AWS CLI to modify the cool down values.

  11. For Minimum capacity, type the minimum number of replicas that the ElastiCache with Valkey or Redis OSS Auto Scaling policy is required to maintain.

  12. For Maximum capacity, type the maximum number of replicas the ElastiCache with Valkey or Redis OSS Auto Scaling policy is required to maintain. This value must be >=5.

  13. Choose Create.