# \[20180527180826\] Autoscaling and ALB Log Retention

**URL:** <https://community.convox.com/t/20180527180826-autoscaling-and-alb-log-retention/165>\
**Category:** Releases\
**Created:** [May 27, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/20180527180826-autoscaling-and-alb-log-retention/165 "2018-05-27T18:08:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![ddollar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.convox.com/ddollar/32/3_2.png) [@ddollar](https://community.convox.com/u/ddollar)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/20180527180826-autoscaling-and-alb-log-retention/165/1 "2018-05-27T18:08:14Z")

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This release moves the autoscaler to a scheduled Lambda function and modifies the algorithm to ensure that there is always available space for new containers.

ALB logs are now also limited by the `LogRetention` rack parameter.

- [#2685](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2685) autoscale via scheduled lambda [[@ddollar](https://github.com/ddollar)]
- [#2694](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2694) use proper autoscaling target for internal services [[@ddollar](https://github.com/ddollar)]
- [#2695](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2695) make LogRetention property also affect alb logs [[@ddollar](https://github.com/ddollar)]