# Private app, empty HTTP metrics and scaling

**URL:** <https://community.fly.io/t/private-app-empty-http-metrics-and-scaling/19072>\
**Category:** Questions / Help\
**Tags:** machines, autoscaling, proxy, login-only\
**Created:** [April 2, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/private-app-empty-http-metrics-and-scaling/19072 "2024-04-02T12:57:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![mayailurus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/mayailurus/32/17593_2.png) [@mayailurus](https://community.fly.io/u/mayailurus)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/private-app-empty-http-metrics-and-scaling/19072/3 "2024-04-02T15:52:43Z")

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Hi… Auto-scaling is a feature of the Fly Proxy, which isn’t involved when you use the direct `.internal`. I use [Flycast](https://fly.io/docs/networking/private-networking/#flycast-private-load-balancing) for my own private HTTP server instead, and it does auto-start:

[https://community.fly.io/t/automatically-starting-stopping-apps-v2-instances/12342/30](https://community.fly.io/t/automatically-starting-stopping-apps-v2-instances/12342/30)

Hope this helps!

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