# 1. Create Autoscale Group

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**Requirements (Can be ignored if VPC is already available):**

[1.-create-autoscale-profile-from-custom-image](https://docs.fptcloud.com/en/autoscale/autoscale-profile/1.-create-autoscale-profile-from-custom-image "mention") or[2.-create-autoscale-profile-from-cloud-init-script](https://docs.fptcloud.com/en/autoscale/autoscale-profile/2.-create-autoscale-profile-from-cloud-init-script "mention")
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**Step 1**: Go to **Autoscale Group** page > Select **Create group.**

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**Step 2:** A new dialog box will appear. Users configure following fields of information:

| Field                | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Group name**       | Enter your group name. Group names are required to be from 6 to 20 characters, including only letters, numbers, and underscores.                                                                                                   |
| **Group profile**    | Include created **Autoscale Profile.**                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Desired capacity** | The desired number of nodes in the cluster, required to be larger than **Min size** and smaller than **Max size** of the group (Default is 0). This is the number of nodes that will be initialized based on the selected profile. |
| **Min size**         | The smallest number of nodes in the cluster (Default is 0).                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **Max size**         | The largest number of nodes in the cluster (Default is 10).                                                                                                                                                                        |

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**Step 3:** Select **Create.**

The system will check the information and create a group. The length of processing time will depend on the number of nodes filled in Desired capacity.