Is a load balancer required for autoscaling to work? [closed]
I do not have a LB setup and I'm trying to test autoscaling. Is a LB Required? I can see the alarms firing when I stress the box but no new instances are started. heat-cfn is running. I don't see anything but alarms in the logs
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+---------+------------+---------------------------------+------------------+
| Alarm ID | Name | State | Enabled | Continuous | Alarm condition | Time constraints |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+---------+------------+---------------------------------+------------------+
| 89bb4d76-19d6-4222-9386-b96484dcdb15 | Sprint8a-cpu_alarm_low-t5tcjdaquczf | insufficient data | True | False | cpu_util < 15.0 during 1 x 600s | None |
| d73b73fe-b5b2-48b7-8fd8-1c656e1eef6d | Sprint8a-cpu_alarm_high-t3ji7d42qajm | insufficient data | True | False | cpu_util > 50.0 during 1 x 60s | None |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+---------+------------+---------------------------------+------------------+
Where should I be looking? Thanks.