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# SQS + Auto Scaling Group

* **Scale your Auto Scaling group in response to changes in system load in an SQS queue** using the **requests to your EC2 instances integrated with SQS queues**.

## **Configure scaling based on Amazon SQS**

1. **Create a CloudWatch custom metric**.<br>
2. **Create a target tracking scaling policy**.<br>
3. **Test your scaling policy**.