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Author: KarlErickson

articles/spring-apps/basic-standard/how-to-setup-autoscale.md

@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ description: Shows you how to configure autoscale settings for your applications
 author: KarlErickson
 ms.author: karler
 ms.reviewer: ninpan-ms
+ms.service: azure-spring-apps
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 04/08/2025
+ms.date: 06/27/2024
 ms.custom: devx-track-java, devx-track-azurecli
 ---
 
@@ -17,29 +18,29 @@ ms.custom: devx-track-java, devx-track-azurecli
 
 **This article applies to:** ✅ Basic/Standard ✅ Enterprise
 
-This article describes how to set up Autoscale settings for your applications using the Microsoft Azure portal or the Azure CLI.
+This article describes how to set up autoscale settings for your applications using the Microsoft Azure portal or the Azure CLI.
 
 Autoscale is a built-in feature of Azure Spring Apps that helps applications perform their best when demand changes. Azure Spring Apps supports scale-out and scale-in, which includes modifying the number of app instances and load balancing.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-To follow these procedures, you need:
-
 * An Azure subscription. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a [free account](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?WT.mc_id=A261C142F) before you begin.
-* A deployed Azure Spring Apps service instance. Follow the [quickstart on deploying an app via the Azure CLI](./quickstart.md) to get started.
+* A deployed Azure Spring Apps service instance. For more information, see [Quickstart: Deploy your first application to Azure Spring Apps](./quickstart.md).
 * At least one application already created in your service instance.
 
 ## Navigate to the Autoscale page in the Azure portal
 
+Use the following steps to access the autoscale settings:
+
 1. Sign in to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/).
 1. Go to the Azure Spring Apps **Overview** page.
-1. Select the **Apps** tab under **Settings** in the menu on the left navigation pane.
-1. Select the application for which you want to set up Autoscale. In this example, select the application named **demo**. You should then see the application's **Overview** page.
-1. Go to the **Scale out** tab under **Settings** in the menu on the left navigation pane.
+1. In the navigation pane, under **Settings**, select the **Apps**.
+1. Select the application for which you want to set up autoscale. If set up your Azure Spring Apps instance by following the directions in [Quickstart: Deploy your first application to Azure Spring Apps](./quickstart.md), select the application named **demo**. You should then see the application's **Overview** page.
+1. In the navigation pane, under **Settings**, select **Scale out**.
 
-## Set up Autoscale settings for your application in the Azure portal
+## Set up autoscale settings for your application in the Azure portal
 
-There are two options for Autoscale demand management:
+Autoscale demand management provides the following options:
 
 * Manual scale: Maintains a fixed instance count. In the Standard plan, you can scale out to a maximum of 500 instances. This value changes the number of separate running instances of the application.
 * Custom autoscale: Scales on any schedule, based on any metrics.
@@ -48,11 +49,11 @@ In the Azure portal, choose how you want to scale. The following figure shows th
 
 :::image type="content" source="media/how-to-setup-autoscale/custom-autoscale.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Azure portal that shows the Autoscale setting page with the Custom autoscale option highlighted." lightbox="media/how-to-setup-autoscale/custom-autoscale.png":::
 
-## Set up Autoscale settings for your application in Azure CLI
+## Set up autoscale settings for your application in Azure CLI
 
-You can also set Autoscale modes using the Azure CLI. The following commands create an Autoscale setting and an Autoscale rule.
+You can also set autoscale modes using the Azure CLI. The following commands create an autoscale setting and an autoscale rule. Be sure to replace the `<...>` placeholders with your own values.
 
-* Create Autoscale setting:
+* To create an autoscale setting, use the following command:
 
    ```azurecli
    az monitor autoscale create \
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ You can also set Autoscale modes using the Azure CLI. The following commands cre
        --count 1
    ```
 
-* Create Autoscale rule:
+* To create an autoscale rule, use the following command:
 
    ```azurecli
    az monitor autoscale rule create \
@@ -79,16 +80,19 @@ For information on the available metrics, see the [User metrics options](./conce
 
 ## Set up autoscale settings for blue-green deployments
 
-Use the following steps to set metrics-based autoscale settings for a blue-green deployment rule:
+Use the following steps to set up metrics-based autoscale settings for blue-green deployments:
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > Create separate autoscale rules for each deployment. Set up one rule for the blue deployment, and a separate rule for the green deployment.
 
-1. Select the **App** dimension.
-1. Add the **Deployment** dimension, and set the value to either the blue or green deployment name, not **All values**.
-1. Set the **Instance** dimension to **All values**. This ensures the rule applies to all instances within the selected deployment.
+1. In the Azure portal, navigate to the **Autoscale setting** page as described previously.
+1. Select **Custom autoscale**.
+1. Within a scale condition, select **Add a rule**.
+1. Choose values for the **App** dimension.
+1. For the **Deployment** dimension, set the value to either the blue or the green deployment name, not to **All values**.
+1. For the **Instance** dimension, set the value to **All values**. This ensures that the rule applies to all instances within the selected deployment.
 
-This setup allows each deployment scale to be based on its own metrics, avoiding conflicts or unexpected behavior during rollouts.
+This setup enables each deployment to scale based on its own metrics, avoiding conflicts or unexpected behavior during rollouts.
 
 ## Upgrade to the Standard plan