OCI-Compute-Autoscale-Enabled

Severity : Medium

Description: This control ensures that the OCI Compute Instances are configured with autoscaling. Enabling autoscaling increases efficiency and improves cost management for resources.

Remediation Steps:

Perform following to create auto scaling configuration :

1. Login to the OCI console at Cloud Sign In .

2. In navigation menu click Compute.

3. Under Compute, click Autoscaling Configurations.

4. On the Add Basic Details page, enter a name, select the compartment, select the Instance pool to apply.

5. Click Next.

6. On the Configure Autoscaling Policy, select Metric-Based Autoscaling or Schedule-Based Autoscaling. For Metric-Based Autoscaling enter name, Cool-down in seconds, Performance metric, Scale-out rule, Scale-in rule, Scaling limits. For Schedule-Based Autoscaling enter name, Action to perform, Execution schedule.

7. Click Next.

8. Review the autoscaling configuration, and then click Create.

Important:

• The number of instances that can be provisioned is also limited by tenancy's service limit.

Reference:

• https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Compute/Tasks/autoscalinginstancepools.htm