Lesson 4.2
Autoscaling workloads
Horizontal autoscaling adds pods when a metric crosses a threshold. It only works if requests are set and your app starts quickly.
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Overview
Horizontal autoscaling adds pods when a metric crosses a threshold. It only works if requests are set and your app starts quickly.
What this lesson covers
- Scale pods on CPU or custom metrics
- Tune thresholds to avoid flapping
- Combine pod autoscaling with cluster autoscaling
This lesson sits in Operating a Cluster, part of DevOps with Docker and Kubernetes. It assumes what came before it and leads directly into the next lesson in the module.
In this lesson you will:
- Scale pods on CPU or custom metrics
- Tune thresholds to avoid flapping
- Combine pod autoscaling with cluster autoscaling