Scalr looks okay. I'll look into this. What I really meant was how does Puppet(master) detect a new instance is available in your autoscale group and deploy your modules. I guess that has more to do with notifications than autoscale, but thought I'd clarify.
Thanks. On Monday, May 14, 2012 6:00:59 AM UTC-4, LoreLLo wrote: > > > >> http://scalr.net/ >> >> I think they did away with the free version of it recently. But if you >> ask me what they're asking is well worth it! Autoscales up and down >> based on server load. Works with both AWS and rackspace cloud. >> >> -tim >> >> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 9:28 PM, de <dustye...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I have a specific need to use Puppet to Autoscale a few applications I >> have >> > deployed on EC2. I'm using Puppet now to manage and create instances >> and saw >> > a neat video on this subject. I'm missing the a piece of the puzzle. I'm >> > assuming I should use CloudWatch to send my puppetmaster a notification >> to >> > then create a new instance with the cloudformation module. >> > > To create autoscaling webfarms I use Scalr too. As Tim reported is a > powerful cloud orchestration tool, available as an online service or as an > opensource software (PHP/Python/JS) that you can install on your servers. > I must confirm that there is no more free trial for the service and the > pricing is based on the number of hosts you manage. > > > Does that sound about right? I looked into cloudformation, but that > doesn't > >> > seem right. >> > > I haven't tried it but I suppose that Cloudformation has some > orchestration feature too: I think you can define an AutoScalingGroup > and have CloudFormation starts a new host based on a predefined AMI when > loadaverage of the hosts in the group reach some predefined level; you can > choose a different metric if you prefer, like a webpage response time. Then > I suppose you have to update your ELB configuration and probably something > else ... All these tasks can be configured with a tool like Scalr through a > web interface and this simplifies your life, but it's something to pay for, > while cloudformation is a free feature on AWS, for what I remember. > > Hope this helps, > L. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/U41DUaMkB3sJ. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
