HPA and VPA Autoscaling
Master Horizontal and Vertical Pod Autoscaling to automatically adjust application resources.
Lab Overview
This lab teaches you how to configure autoscaling in Kubernetes, a critical skill for the CKA exam.
You'll learn to:
- Install and configure the Metrics Server
- Create Horizontal Pod Autoscalers (HPA) based on CPU and memory
- Understand Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) concepts
- Generate load to trigger autoscaling
- Monitor and troubleshoot autoscaling behavior
- Configure scaling thresholds and limits
Autoscaling ensures applications can handle varying loads efficiently.
Key Resources:
Prerequisites
basic-kubernetes
Technologies Covered
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This lab is part of the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Exam Preparation course
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