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**To set the load-based scaling configuration for a layer**
The following example enables load-based scaling for a specified layer and sets the configuration
for that layer.
You must use ``create-instance`` to add load-based instances to the layer. ::
aws opsworks --region us-east-1 set-load-based-auto-scaling --layer-id 523569ae-2faf-47ac-b39e-f4c4b381f36d --enable --up-scaling file://upscale.json --down-scaling file://downscale.json
The example puts the upscaling threshold settings in a separate file in the working directory named ``upscale.json``, which contains the following. ::
{
"InstanceCount": 2,
"ThresholdsWaitTime": 3,
"IgnoreMetricsTime": 3,
"CpuThreshold": 85,
"MemoryThreshold": 85,
"LoadThreshold": 85
}
The example puts the downscaling threshold settings in a separate file in the working directory named ``downscale.json``, which contains the following. ::
{
"InstanceCount": 2,
"ThresholdsWaitTime": 3,
"IgnoreMetricsTime": 3,
"CpuThreshold": 35,
"MemoryThreshold": 30,
"LoadThreshold": 30
}
*Output*: None.
**More Information**
For more information, see `Using Automatic Load-based Scaling`_ in the *AWS OpsWorks User Guide*.
.. _`Using Automatic Load-based Scaling`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/opsworks/latest/userguide/workinginstances-autoscaling-loadbased.html