Database Guides
How to scale databases
Learn how to scale databases on Aptible
Overview
Aptible Databases can be manually scaled with minimal downtime (typically less than 1 minute). There are several elements of databases that can be scaled, such as CPU, RAM, IOPS, and throughput. See Database Scaling for more information.
Using the Aptible Dashboard
Databases can be scaled within the Aptible Dashboard by:
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Navigating to the Environment in which your Database lives in
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Selecting the Databases tab
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Selecting the respective Database
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Selecting Scale
Using the CLI
Databases can be scaled via the Aptible CLI using the aptible db:restart
command.
Using Terraform
Databases can be programmatically scaled using the Aptible Terraform Provider using the terraform_aptible_database
resource:
resource "aptible_database" "DATABASE" {
env_id = ENVIRONMENT_ID
handle = "DATABASE_HANDLE"
database_type = "redis"
container_size = 512
disk_size = 10
}
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