Set up load balancing and auto-scaling

[MissBlue00]

Task

Set up load balancing and auto-scaling for the payment gateway services.

Details

• Configure load balancer (AWS ALB or similar)
• Set up auto-scaling groups for each service
• Define scaling policies based on CPU/memory
• Add connection draining configuration
• Path: k8s/ingress.yaml, k8s/hpa.yaml

Test

Verify traffic distribution and scaling behavior under load.

[Chigybillionz]

@Chigybillionz has applied to work on this issue as part of the Stellar Wave Program's 3rd wave.

let me make verification traffic distribution and scaling behavior under load to be super easy

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Moderator's reason: [Auto-assessed] The PR has been open for over 9 days without maintainer response or objections. The contribution provides exactly what was requested in the issue (HPA, ALB Ingress configuration with connection draining, and a load test script) and appears to be of high quality.

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