How to Scale Apps in App Platform
- Go to https://cloud.digitalocean.com/apps, click on your app, and click on the Settings tab.
- Click on the resource you’d like to scale.
- Scale your application horizontally by increasing the number of containers, or vertically by increasing the container size.
Tip
The total cost of running a component is determined by the container size multiplied by the number of containers. - Click Save.
Related Topics
A container is a single running instance of a service, worker, or static site component shipped on App Platform.
In App Platform, a load balancer is an unseen element of your app topology that handles routing and even distribution of incoming requests.
Scaling is the process of adding more capacity to a component in your app, either horizontally (more containers) or vertically (more CPU and memory per container).