**To set the load-based scaling configuration for a layer** The following example enables load-based scaling for a specified layer and sets the configuration for that layer. You must use ``create-instance`` to add load-based instances to the layer. :: aws opsworks --region us-east-1 set-load-based-auto-scaling --layer-id 523569ae-2faf-47ac-b39e-f4c4b381f36d --enable --up-scaling file://upscale.json --down-scaling file://downscale.json The example puts the upscaling threshold settings in a separate file in the working directory named ``upscale.json``, which contains the following. :: { "InstanceCount": 2, "ThresholdsWaitTime": 3, "IgnoreMetricsTime": 3, "CpuThreshold": 85, "MemoryThreshold": 85, "LoadThreshold": 85 } The example puts the downscaling threshold settings in a separate file in the working directory named ``downscale.json``, which contains the following. :: { "InstanceCount": 2, "ThresholdsWaitTime": 3, "IgnoreMetricsTime": 3, "CpuThreshold": 35, "MemoryThreshold": 30, "LoadThreshold": 30 } *Output*: None. **More Information** For more information, see `Using Automatic Load-based Scaling`_ in the *AWS OpsWorks User Guide*. .. _`Using Automatic Load-based Scaling`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/opsworks/latest/userguide/workinginstances-autoscaling-loadbased.html