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kubectl autoscale

    Synopsis

    Creates an autoscaler that automatically chooses and sets the number of pods that run in a Kubernetes cluster.

    Looks up a deployment, replica set, stateful set, or replication controller by name and creates an autoscaler that uses the given resource as a reference. An autoscaler can automatically increase or decrease number of pods deployed within the system as needed.

    kubectl autoscale (-f FILENAME | TYPE NAME | TYPE/NAME) [--min=MINPODS] --max=MAXPODS [--cpu-percent=CPU]

    Examples

      # Auto scale a deployment "foo", with the number of pods between 2 and 10, no target CPU utilization specified so a default autoscaling policy will be used
  kubectl autoscale deployment foo --min=2 --max=10
  
  # Auto scale a replication controller "foo", with the number of pods between 1 and 5, target CPU utilization at 80%
  kubectl autoscale rc foo --max=5 --cpu-percent=80

    Options

    --allow-missing-template-keys     Default: true

    If true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is missing in the template. Only applies to golang and jsonpath output formats.

    --cpu-percent int32     Default: -1

    The target average CPU utilization (represented as a percent of requested CPU) over all the pods. If it's not specified or negative, a default autoscaling policy will be used.

    --dry-run string[="unchanged"]     Default: "none"

    Must be "none", "server", or "client". If client strategy, only print the object that would be sent, without sending it. If server strategy, submit server-side request without persisting the resource.

    --field-manager string     Default: "kubectl-autoscale"

    Name of the manager used to track field ownership.

    -f, --filename strings

    Filename, directory, or URL to files identifying the resource to autoscale.

    -h, --help

    help for autoscale

    -k, --kustomize string

    Process the kustomization directory. This flag can't be used together with -f or -R.

    --max int32     Default: -1

    The upper limit for the number of pods that can be set by the autoscaler. Required.

    --min int32     Default: -1

    The lower limit for the number of pods that can be set by the autoscaler. If it's not specified or negative, the server will apply a default value.

    --name string

    The name for the newly created object. If not specified, the name of the input resource will be used.

    -o, --output string

    Output format. One of: (json, yaml, name, go-template, go-template-file, template, templatefile, jsonpath, jsonpath-as-json, jsonpath-file).

    -R, --recursive

    Process the directory used in -f, --filename recursively. Useful when you want to manage related manifests organized within the same directory.

    --save-config

    If true, the configuration of current object will be saved in its annotation. Otherwise, the annotation will be unchanged. This flag is useful when you want to perform kubectl apply on this object in the future.

    --show-managed-fields

    If true, keep the managedFields when printing objects in JSON or YAML format.

    --template string

    Template string or path to template file to use when -o=go-template, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang templates [http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview].

    --as string

    Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.

    --as-group strings

    Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.

    --as-uid string

    UID to impersonate for the operation.

    --cache-dir string     Default: "$HOME/.kube/cache"

    Default cache directory

    --certificate-authority string

    Path to a cert file for the certificate authority

    --client-certificate string

    Path to a client certificate file for TLS

    --client-key string

    Path to a client key file for TLS

    --cluster string

    The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use

    --context string

    The name of the kubeconfig context to use

    --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds int     Default: 300

    Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.

    --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds int     Default: 300

    Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreachable:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.

    --disable-compression

    If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server

    --insecure-skip-tls-verify

    If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure

    --kubeconfig string

    Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.

    --match-server-version

    Require server version to match client version

    -n, --namespace string

    If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request

    --password string

    Password for basic authentication to the API server

    --profile string     Default: "none"

    Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex)

    --profile-output string     Default: "profile.pprof"

    Name of the file to write the profile to

    --request-timeout string     Default: "0"

    The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.

    -s, --server string

    The address and port of the Kubernetes API server

    --storage-driver-buffer-duration duration     Default: 1m0s

    Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration, and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction

    --storage-driver-db string     Default: "cadvisor"

    database name

    --storage-driver-host string     Default: "localhost:8086"

    database host:port

    --storage-driver-password string     Default: "root"

    database password

    --storage-driver-secure

    use secure connection with database

    --storage-driver-table string     Default: "stats"

    table name

    --storage-driver-user string     Default: "root"

    database username

    --tls-server-name string

    Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used

    --token string

    Bearer token for authentication to the API server

    --user string

    The name of the kubeconfig user to use

    --username string

    Username for basic authentication to the API server

    --version version[=true]

    --version, --version=raw prints version information and quits; --version=vX.Y.Z... sets the reported version

    --warnings-as-errors

    Treat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code

    See Also

    • kubectl - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager