Category Archives: Scaling Series

Load testing Python Flask based REST api server from python REST clients – AWS Autoscaling use case

Objective : Create a get, put and post api using python based flask framework Invoke the api using a python based rest client Set up an AWS load balancer in front of the server Launch a swarm of 1000+ clients to invoke the rest api from a python client using aws EC2 Auto Scaling featureContinue reading “Load testing Python Flask based REST api server from python REST clients – AWS Autoscaling use case”

Autoscaling a Kubernetes cluster using Horizontal Pod AutoScaler (HPA)

In the blog I shall be describing the step by step process to setup a Kubernetes cluster using minikube to run a node js based application in Azure cloud and autoscaling the application using Horizontal Pod AutoScaler. Spin up a Standard D4s v3 (4 vcpus, 16 GiB memory) Virtual machine in Azure based on LinuxContinue reading “Autoscaling a Kubernetes cluster using Horizontal Pod AutoScaler (HPA)”