Configuring Autoscale in Azure

Here’s an example of how to configure autoscaling for an Azure App Service using the Azure portal:

1. Navigate to the Azure portal and sign in.
2. Go to your App Service resource.
3. In the left-hand menu, click on Scale out (App Service plan) under the Settings section.
4. Click on the Enable autoscale button.
5. Provide a name for the autoscale setting.
6. Click on Add a rule to create a new scaling rule.
7. Configure the rule with the following settings:

• Time aggregation: Choose the time aggregation method, such as Average, Minimum, Maximum, or Total.
• Metric name: Select the performance metric, such as CPU Percentage, Memory Percentage, or a custom metric.
• Operator: Choose the comparison operator, such as Greater than, Less than, or Equal to.
• Threshold: Set the threshold value for the metric.
• Duration: Specify the duration over which the metric should be evaluated.
• Operation: Choose the scaling action, such as Increase count by or Decrease count by.
• Instance count: Set the number of instances to add or remove.
• Cooldown: Specify the cooldown period in minutes.

8. Click on Add to save the rule.
9. Repeat steps 6-8 to add more scaling rules if needed.
10. Click on Save to apply the autoscaling settings.