AWS Auto-Scaling with existing data files and folders

Question

How to transfer data files and folders to newly created server(s) at the time Auto-Scaling in AWS?

Answer 1

I think you are looking for a way to update your server with some data files and folders when it spinup with auto-scaling.

You have two option.

• Create Image of the existing server ( if the data is supposed to static and did not change) and launch the new instance from the Autoscaling group from this AMI.

• Place files and folder on s3 and pull the files and folder from s3 during launch time using user data.