Scaling your application using the Auto-Scaling service in Bluemix

In the previous section, we learned how to scale our application manually. In this section, we will learn about scaling applications automatically by using the Auto-Scaling service in Bluemix.

Creating the Auto-Scaling service instance

The following are the steps to create the Auto-Scaling instance:

1. From the Bluemix catalog, select Auto-Scaling from the DevOps category of services, as shown in the following screenshot:

   

2. Click the Auto-Scaling service, review the service details, and click Create:

   

3. The Auto-Scaling service is created. Since we have not yet bound the application to this service, you will see the message shown in the following screenshot:

   

Binding the Auto-Scaling service instance to your application

Let us now bind the Auto-Scaling service to the application that we want to scale automatically using the Auto-Scaling service:

1. Go to the application details page and click Connections:

   

2. Click Connect Existing. The services...