diff --git a/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Automated/ecs.yml b/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Automated/ecs.yml
index 6d7c64be144779147a3a89f75d39d269d31a134b..fc07108db1453591327093cda0a1a14552a90682 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Automated/ecs.yml
+++ b/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Automated/ecs.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+# Copyright © Amazon Web Services
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
 AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
 Description: >-
   CloudFormation template for creating the resources used for the ECS cluster the application will
@@ -42,6 +56,11 @@ Parameters:
     Type: Number
     Default: '0'
 
+  MinSize:
+    Description: Maximum number of instances that can be launched in the ECS cluster.
+    Type: Number
+    Default: '0'
+
   MaxSize:
     Description: Maximum number of instances that can be launched in the ECS cluster.
     Type: Number
@@ -375,7 +394,7 @@ Resources:
         - Fn::ImportValue:
             !Sub "${Environment}-OSDU-PublicSubnet-AZ2"
       LaunchConfigurationName: !Ref 'ContainerInstances'
-      MinSize: '0'
+      MinSize: !Ref 'MinSize'
       MaxSize: !Ref 'MaxSize'
       DesiredCapacity: !Ref 'DesiredCapacity'
     CreationPolicy:
diff --git a/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Master/os-indexer-master.yml b/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Master/os-indexer-master.yml
index ba6404dd4324dd7fc21a2145ccc6e347db578282..a31923786f8859dc5ecb043e15f33bfccdccefb7 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Master/os-indexer-master.yml
+++ b/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Master/os-indexer-master.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ Parameters:
     Type: Number
     Default: '1'
 
+  MinSize:
+    Description: Maximum number of instances that can be launched in the ECS cluster.
+    Type: Number
+    Default: '0'
+
   MaxSize:
     Description: Maximum number of instances that can be launched in the ECS cluster.
     Type: Number
@@ -444,6 +449,7 @@ Resources:
         ApplicationName: !Ref ApplicationName
         KeyName: !Ref KeyName
         DesiredCapacity: !Ref DesiredCapacity
+        MinSize: !Ref MinSize
         MaxSize: !Ref MaxSize
         InstanceType: !Ref InstanceType
 
diff --git a/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Params/dev.template_configuration.json b/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Params/dev.template_configuration.json
index b776b90f966d058e4841a29a177304fc3191a00f..1af3a5c1600edb06e2fbc4397875b4cca6124bd4 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Params/dev.template_configuration.json
+++ b/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Params/dev.template_configuration.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "ApplicationName" : "os-indexer",
     "KeyName": "indexer-ecs-keypair",
     "DesiredCapacity": "0",
+    "MinSize": "0",
     "MaxSize": "3",
     "InstanceType": "t3.micro",
     "IndexerServiceIamUsername": "service-user-os-indexer",
diff --git a/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Params/prod.template_configuration.json b/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Params/prod.template_configuration.json
index a575872709107a10ed6ed3ab79f55c208df79fb9..ba07ff41e64880df5dfcf652bef92d8c552d144a 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Params/prod.template_configuration.json
+++ b/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Params/prod.template_configuration.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "ApplicationName" : "os-indexer",
     "KeyName": "indexer-ecs-keypair",
     "DesiredCapacity": "1",
+    "MinSize": "0",
     "MaxSize": "3",
     "InstanceType": "t3.micro",
     "IndexerServiceIamUsername": "service-user-os-indexer",
diff --git a/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Params/uat.template_configuration.json b/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Params/uat.template_configuration.json
index ec4b6e59a55c27b7d093d48d86ffbcc3455ec729..26fd295983725e67ff62da3cc148314aea497383 100644
--- a/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Params/uat.template_configuration.json
+++ b/provider/indexer-aws/CloudFormation/Params/uat.template_configuration.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "ApplicationName" : "os-indexer",
     "KeyName": "indexer-ecs-keypair",
     "DesiredCapacity": "1",
+    "MinSize": "0",
     "MaxSize": "3",
     "InstanceType": "t3.micro",
     "IndexerServiceIamUsername": "service-user-os-indexer",