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Instance Group Scheduled Scaler

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Updated at August 25, 2023
  • Required paid resources
  • Deploy the application

This application is based on Yandex Cloud Functions. Modifies the size of a specified group of Yandex Compute Cloud virtual machines on a schedule.

Use to autoscale a service at times of high load.

Required paid resourcesRequired paid resources

The cost of application resources includes charges for the number of function calls, computing resources allocated to function execution, and outgoing traffic (see Yandex Cloud Functions pricing).

Deploy the applicationDeploy the application

  1. In the management console, select the folder where you want to deploy the application.
  2. Select Cloud Apps.
  3. On the left-hand panel, select Marketplace.
  4. Select Instance Group Scheduled Scale and click Use.
  5. Specify the following:
    • Application name.
    • (Optional) Application description.
    • Service account with the admin role for the folder, or select Auto to have the service account created when installing the application. This service account will be used to create the application resources.
    • ID of a group of Compute Cloud virtual machines.
    • Schedule in cron expression format to change the size of a group of VMs to the baseline.
    • Baseline VM group size.
    • Schedule in cron expression format to change the VM group size to the scaled-up one.
    • Scaled-up VM group size.
  6. Click Install and wait for the installation to complete.

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