services scale (v1) | Deploy

Starts <count> containers for the given service across the stack. If <count> is an absolute value like 2, then that will be the total of <count> containers across the application. If <count> is a relative value like [+2] or [-3], then the current total count of containers across the application will be changed by <count>. NOTE: the square brackets are required for relative count values.

$ cx services scale --stack <application name> <service name> <count>

Options

Argument	Required?	Default	Description
`--stack, -s <application name>`	yes	—	Name of the application
`<service name>`	yes	—	The service to restart
`<count>`	yes	—	Specifies either an absolute count of containers (3), or a relative change ([+4] or ([-2])

Examples

$ cx services scale -s mystack my_web_service 1
$ cx services scale -s mystack a_backend_service [+5]
$ cx services scale -s mystack a_backend_service [-2]