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title: blossom service:scale
url: "/docs/reference/cli/service/scale/"
canonical_url: https://docs.blossom88.com/docs/reference/cli/service/scale/
markdown_url: https://docs.blossom88.com/docs/reference/cli/service/scale.md
summary: Scale a service
categories:
- cli
- reference
---

# blossom service:scale

Scale a service

## Usage

    blossom service:scale --id ID --desired-size DESIRED_SIZE [--follow] [--timestamps]

## Flags

| Flag | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `--id (required)` | Service id |
| `--desired-size (required)` | Desired number of containers |
| `--follow, -f` | Follow service scale logs |
| `--timestamps` | Show log timestamps. Default: true. |

Examples:

    blossom service:scale --id service-100 --desired-size 2
    blossom service:scale --id service-100 --desired-size 2 --follow
    blossom service:scale --id service-100 --desired-size 2 --follow --no-timestamps

Sets the desired container count for a service. Blossom reconciles the
running containers after the scale request is accepted.

Use `--follow` to stream the scale Activity logs until the run completes.

Most users scale from the environment:

    blossom environment:scale --id environment-100 --service web --desired-size 2