This lab is a continuation of lab-006 with a Load Balancer added.

 

Architecture Diagram

Overview

Step 1 - Create the Application Load Balancer

Follow step 5 of lab-005, but do not add any targets to the load balancer target group.

Step 2 - Edit the Auto Scaling Group

Edit the auto scaling group adding the load balancer target group created in the previous step.  

Test and Validation

Copy the DNS name associated with the load balancer and, using a browser, try to access it. You should be able to see the response associated with the only EC2 instance that is running and automatically launched by the auto scaling service. Now connect to this instance through SSH and run the following commands to artificially increase CPU utilization.