Challenge 11 - Implement Auto Scaling

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Introduction

The goals of this challenge include understanding:

• ARM allows declarative management of policies and actions
• How to configure auto-scaling of VMs

Description

• Extend the ARM template to include an auto scaling policy. The policy requirements should be:
  • Scale up when CPU performance hits 90%
  • Scale back down when CPU performance hits 30%
  • Scale in single VM increments
  • Enforce a 1 minute cool down between scale events

Success Criteria

1. Verify that the auto-scale policy is set correctly in the Azure portal