I already discussed the distinction between vertical and horizontal scaling in an article titled Vertically Scale Your Amazon RDS; therefore, in this new topic, we’ll go over the actual steps on how we can Vertically Scale our Amazon EC2 instance.
Steps:
- Take an EC2 Instance AMI (for backup)
- Stop the EC2 Instance
Refresh the page and check if the Instance state shows as “Stopped”
- Change the EC2 Instance Type
- Choose your preferred Instance Type.
- Start the Instance
