• If autoscaling is disabled, the following are the default settings for the above four drop-downs:
  • Maximum Workers = 10
  • No. of Tasks Per Worker = 1
  • Instance Type = General Purpose
  • Instance = t2.micro
• When the autoscaling is disabled, the above values are set up by the deployment team. These values can be changed by raising a support request.
• Currently, these values cannot be changed/modified from the Admin Module.
• Both Microsoft Azure and AWS are kept as read-only properties. Hence, a normal user cannot change the cloud provider.
• You can change a cloud provider only through the code or the API.
• Changing a cloud provider is a migration activity with huge financial and infrastructural liabilities.
• Maximum workers and the number of tasks per worker decide the concurrency for executing tasks.
• Instance Type and Instance depend on the cloud provider. They vary from region to region.

Maximum Workers (Frequency)

Enter the maximum number of tasks that can be run simultaneously on a worker.

• Any task beyond this number waits in the queue till a worker becomes free to take it up.
• It decides the concurrency capability of the server.

No. of Tasks Per Worker

Enter the number of tasks you want to run at a time on each worker.

• When an instance gets spawned in the auto-scaling mode, this number decides how many tasks are executed at a time on each server.
• It decides the concurrency capability of the server.

Instance Type

Select the instance type from the drop-down.

Options:

• General Purpose
• Compute Optimized
• Memory-Optimized

Instance

Select the instance based on the instance type and the computational power required.

• It gives you a choice to change the instance according to compute required for executing a particular task.
• For example, for heavy compute requirements, you can select higher version instances in Compute Optimized or Memory Optimized Instance Types.
• The list of Instances depends upon the selected Instance Type.
• It changes according to the Instance Type.

Image Id

Enter the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) ID to launch the instance.

• You need to specify an AMI when you launch an instance.
• Multiple instances with the same configuration can be launched from a single AMI.

Secret Key

Enter the secret key to launch the instance.

It is like a password.

Subnet Id

Enter the Subnet ID to access a range of IP addresses in your Virtual Private Cloud.

• AWS itself generates it.
• It may be unique to a VPC, Account, Region, or the entire AWS.

Region Name

Enter the name of the physical location where your data center (also called the Availability Center) is located.

• A region is a physical location where the data centers are clustered.
• AWS maintains multiple geographic regions in North America, South America, Europe, China, Asia Pacific, South Africa, and the Middle East.
• For more information, visit the link here.

Security Group Ids

Enter the security group IDs for your EC2 instance.

• The security group ID is important for network interface activities.
• A security group acts as a virtual firewall to control traffic influx and outflow.
• A separate set of rules controls the inbound and outbound traffic.
• When an instance is launched, you can specify one or more security groups.
• Security group IDs can be listed with a comma (,) used as a separator.

Access Key

Enter your unique user or account identifier key for AWS

• You first need to sign up for an AWS account to access AWS.
• The access keys consist of an access key ID and a secret access key.

Key Name

Enter the key name to identify a particular object in the S3 bucket.

• The key name (also called the object key) is a unique identifier of any object in the S3 bucket.
• When you create an object, the key name is also specified.

Maximum Workers (Frequency)

Enter the maximum number of tasks that can be run simultaneously on a worker.

• Any task beyond this number waits in the queue till a worker becomes free to take it up.
• It decides the concurrency capability of the server.

No. of Tasks Per Worker

Enter the number of tasks you want to run at a time on each worker.

• When an instance gets spawned in the auto-scaling mode, this number decides how many tasks are executed at a time on each server.
• It decides the concurrency capability of the server.

Instance Type

Select the instance type from the drop-down.

Options:

• D Series
• E Series
• F Series
• G Series
• H Series
• Ls Series
• M Series

Instance

Select the instance based on the instance type and the computational power required.

• It gives you a choice to change the instance according to compute required for executing a particular task.
• For example, for heavy compute requirements, you can select higher version instances in Compute Optimized or Memory Optimized Instance Types.
• The list of Instances depends upon the selected Instance Type.
• It changes according to the Instance Type.

Image Id

Enter the Azure Image ID to launch the instance.

• You need to specify the Azure Image ID when you launch an instance.
• Multiple instances with the same configuration can be launched from a single image.

Secret Key

Enter the secret key to launch the instance.

It is like a password.

Subnet Id

Enter the Subnet ID to access a range of IP addresses in your Virtual Private Cloud.

• AWS itself generates it.
  It may be unique to a VPC, Account, Region, or the entire AWS.

Subscription Id

Enter a unique alphanumeric string to identify your Azure subscription.

• An Azure subscription links to an Azure account that creates an identity in the Azure Active Directory (AD).
• It is an agreement between your organization and Microsoft to use its resources.

Tenant Id

Enter your global unique identifier (GUID).

• The Azure Tenant ID is a Global Unique Identifier (GUID) to identify your Microsoft 365 Tenant.
• It is also called the Office 365 Tenant ID.
• It is not the same as your organization/domain name.

Location

Enter the location of your data center.

• An Azure location or region is a set of data centers.
• It is deployed within a latency-defined perimeter and connected through a dedicated regional low-latency network.
• An Azure region has discrete pricing and service availability.
• For more information, visit the link here.

VM User

Enter your Virtual Machine Administrator User name.

• Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) are image service server-like instances.
• They provide on-demand and scalable computing resources and offer usage-based pricing.

VM Password

Enter the password for your Virtual Machine Administrator User.

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Resource Group Name

Enter a name for your resource group.

• A resource group is a logical container to deploy and manage various Azure resources (web applications, VMs, database servers, virtual networks, and storage accounts)
• In Microsoft Azure, when you create a VM, you need to assign it to a resource group.
• It is used for better governance and cost management.

Network Security Group Name

Enter the name of the network security group.

• An Azure network security group is used to filter inbound and outbound networks from Azure resources in a virtual network.
• It contains security rules that allow or deny incoming or outgoing network traffic from several types of Azure resources.
• The source and destination, port, and protocol can be specified for each rule.

Client Id

Enter your application ID with Azure.

• When you register your Azure client application, you provide the application to Azure AD.
• Azure AD then provides a client ID (or application ID) to associate your application with Azure AD at runtime.

• Enter the correct configuration credentials; otherwise, a validation error "Authentication failed. Please enter valid credentials!" is displayed.
• Do not forget to click Save Auto Scaling Details!
• If you click Discard, all changes made since the last save get deleted.