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Romanus Onyekwere
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Creating Virtual Machine Scale Set Using Azure Portal

  • Sign in to the Azure portal.
  • Put in your log-in details
  • Ensure you use the right pass word
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Step 2 Create a Virtual Machine Scale Set
(a) At the search bar, type *Vmss and select Virtual Machine Scale Set *

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(b) Click + Create to create Virtual Machine Scale Set

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   (c) Fill in the required rows from **Project details** which include;
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Subscription; Choose your Azure Subscription.
Resource Group; Create a new name for the Resource Group. (vmss-RG)

(d) At the Scale set Details, make sure you put the Virtual Machine scale set Name (hagital-vmss).
Leave the region to (US) East us and Availability zone to None

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(e) In the Orchestration ,set orchestration mood to 'uniform'

(f) In Scaling, set the scaling mood to ' Autoscaling

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In scaling configuration, click configure to review all scaling options.

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(g) Click on + add a scaling condition
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Another window will open at the right side corner. Continue with the prompt captioned Add a scaling condition.
Leave the condition name to vmss-condition
Leave the scale mode to autoscaling.
Initial Instant count ........ 2
Instance limit
Minimum ....... 2
Maximum ....... 4

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Scale out
CPU threshold less than ........ 50
Increase instant count .......... 1
Scale in
CPU threshold less than ......... 25
Decrease instant count .......... 1

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Query duration
Minutes ............... 6
Schedule
Schedule type ......... Repeat specific days
Time zone ............. UTC+0100 West Central Africa
Schedule day .......... Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Save and you will get a Scaling Condition window
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Scaling Condition
Click the Check box of both condition and vmss-condition
Predictive autoscaling
Click the Check box to enable forecast for predictive autoscaling

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Diagnostic logs
Do not check the box
Scale in policy
You can use the dropdown and make your choice
Leave other things and Save

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