Introduction
Explore the three phases of adopting HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA) in Kubernetes, from initial discovery to advanced usage with custom metrics. Understand the limitations of default CPU and memory-based scaling and learn how to extend HPA capabilities using tools like Prometheus for dynamic, application-specific scaling.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
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HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA) phases
The adoption of HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA) usually goes through three phases.
First phase
The first phase is discovery. The first time we find out what it does, we ...