App Scaling

[danhunsaker]

• Order additional server(s)
• Wait for server(s)
• Install SSH key if not supported directly during ordering
• Migrate component(s)
  • Install component image(s)
  • Create component container(s)
  • Configure component(s)
  • Migrate data, if applicable
  • Start component(s)
  • (Re)direct traffic and update DNS as appropriate
  • if scaling vertically, remove old component(s)
    • Stop previous component(s)
    • Remove previous component(s)
• If scaling vertically (larger server(s)), remove old server(s)
  • Deconfigure server(s)
  • Cancel server(s) with hosting provider

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• Multi-component servers can be scaled vertically
• Individual components can be scaled horizontally and vertically (moving them off of a multi-component server in the process, if applicable)
• Scaling options are pulled from the provider's server sizes