Scaling and load-balancing containerized applications

Scaling and load balancing are critical aspects of ensuring the resiliency and performance of any application, including applications running inside containers. One of the important mechanisms for resilience is scaling and spreading the load over multiple copies of the systems. Scaling involves adjusting the resources allocated to an application based on demand, ensuring that it can handle fluctuations in traffic or workload. Effective monitoring is essential for making informed scaling decisions. You need to collect and analyze metrics such as CPU utilization, memory usage, network traffic, and sometimes, custom metrics from your applications. By setting appropriate alarms and thresholds based on these metrics, you can trigger scaling actions to maintain the desired performance and resiliency of your applications. Services such as AWS CloudWatch provide comprehensive monitoring capabilities for containerized applications doing...