Reputation: 169
Difference between AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup and AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalableTarget?
I am a little hazy about the need for both. I am using both in ECS CloudFormation. It appears that AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup is for scaling EC2 instances whereas AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalableTarget is for scaling containers/tasks. Is my understanding correct?
Upvotes: 2
Views: 686
Answers (1)
Reputation: 8415
That is pretty much correct.
AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup is used for creating an Auto Scaling group of EC2 instances
AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalableTarget is used to specify an application resource that can scale - that is any of a range of resources including ECS service, EMR cluster or DynamoDB. A list of all the resources that can be scaled can be found in the
ResourceIdparameter description for RegisterScalableTarget.
Upvotes: 2
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