HorizontalPodAutoscaler

HorizontalPodAutoscaler is the configuration for a horizontal pod autoscaler, which automatically manages the replica count of any resource implementing the scale subresource based on the metrics specified.

apiVersion: autoscaling/v2

import "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2"

HorizontalPodAutoscaler

Field	Description
`apiVersion` string	APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources
`kind` string	Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds
`metadata` ObjectMeta	metadata is the standard object metadata. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#metadata
`spec` * HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec	spec is the specification for the behaviour of the autoscaler. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#spec-and-status.
`status` HorizontalPodAutoscalerStatus	status is the current information about the autoscaler.

HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec

HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec describes the desired functionality of the HorizontalPodAutoscaler.

Field	Description
`behavior` HorizontalPodAutoscalerBehavior	behavior configures the scaling behavior of the target in both Up and Down directions (scaleUp and scaleDown fields respectively). If not set, the default HPAScalingRules for scale up and scale down are used.
`maxReplicas` * integer	maxReplicas is the upper limit for the number of replicas to which the autoscaler can scale up. It cannot be less that minReplicas.
`metrics` MetricSpec array	metrics contains the specifications for which to use to calculate the desired replica count (the maximum replica count across all metrics will be used). The desired replica count is calculated multiplying the ratio between the target value and the current value by the current number of pods. Ergo, metrics used must decrease as the pod count is increased, and vice-versa. See the individual metric source types for more information about how each type of metric must respond. If not set, the default metric will be set to 80% average CPU utilization.
`minReplicas` integer	minReplicas is the lower limit for the number of replicas to which the autoscaler can scale down. It defaults to 1 pod. minReplicas is allowed to be 0 if the alpha feature gate HPAScaleToZero is enabled and at least one Object or External metric is configured. Scaling is active as long as at least one metric value is available.
`scaleTargetRef` * CrossVersionObjectReference	scaleTargetRef points to the target resource to scale, and is used to the pods for which metrics should be collected, as well as to actually change the replica count.

HorizontalPodAutoscalerStatus

HorizontalPodAutoscalerStatus describes the current status of a horizontal pod autoscaler.

Field	Description
`conditions` HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition array patch strategy: merge on key `type`	conditions is the set of conditions required for this autoscaler to scale its target, and indicates whether or not those conditions are met.
`currentMetrics` MetricStatus array	currentMetrics is the last read state of the metrics used by this autoscaler.
`currentReplicas` integer	currentReplicas is current number of replicas of pods managed by this autoscaler, as last seen by the autoscaler.
`desiredReplicas` * integer	desiredReplicas is the desired number of replicas of pods managed by this autoscaler, as last calculated by the autoscaler.
`lastScaleTime` Time	lastScaleTime is the last time the HorizontalPodAutoscaler scaled the number of pods, used by the autoscaler to control how often the number of pods is changed.
`observedGeneration` integer	observedGeneration is the most recent generation observed by this autoscaler.

HorizontalPodAutoscalerList

HorizontalPodAutoscalerList is a list of horizontal pod autoscaler objects.

Field	Description
`apiVersion` string	APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources
`items` * HorizontalPodAutoscaler array	items is the list of horizontal pod autoscaler objects.
`kind` string	Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds
`metadata` ListMeta	metadata is the standard list metadata.

ContainerResourceMetricSource

ContainerResourceMetricSource indicates how to scale on a resource metric known to Kubernetes, as specified in requests and limits, describing each pod in the current scale target (e.g. CPU or memory). The values will be averaged together before being compared to the target. Such metrics are built in to Kubernetes, and have special scaling options on top of those available to normal per-pod metrics using the "pods" source. Only one "target" type should be set.

Field	Description
`container` * string	container is the name of the container in the pods of the scaling target
`name` * string	name is the name of the resource in question.
`target` * MetricTarget	target specifies the target value for the given metric

ContainerResourceMetricStatus

ContainerResourceMetricStatus indicates the current value of a resource metric known to Kubernetes, as specified in requests and limits, describing a single container in each pod in the current scale target (e.g. CPU or memory). Such metrics are built in to Kubernetes, and have special scaling options on top of those available to normal per-pod metrics using the "pods" source.

Field	Description
`container` * string	container is the name of the container in the pods of the scaling target
`current` * MetricValueStatus	current contains the current value for the given metric
`name` * string	name is the name of the resource in question.

CrossVersionObjectReference

CrossVersionObjectReference contains enough information to let you identify the referred resource.

Field	Description
`apiVersion` string	apiVersion is the API version of the referent
`kind` * string	kind is the kind of the referent; More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds
`name` * string	name is the name of the referent; More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names

ExternalMetricSource

ExternalMetricSource indicates how to scale on a metric not associated with any Kubernetes object (for example length of queue in cloud messaging service, or QPS from loadbalancer running outside of cluster).

Field	Description
`metric` * MetricIdentifier	metric identifies the target metric by name and selector
`target` * MetricTarget	target specifies the target value for the given metric

ExternalMetricStatus

ExternalMetricStatus indicates the current value of a global metric not associated with any Kubernetes object.

Field	Description
`current` * MetricValueStatus	current contains the current value for the given metric
`metric` * MetricIdentifier	metric identifies the target metric by name and selector

HPAScalingPolicy

HPAScalingPolicy is a single policy which must hold true for a specified past interval.

Field	Description
`periodSeconds` * integer	periodSeconds specifies the window of time for which the policy should hold true. PeriodSeconds must be greater than zero and less than or equal to 1800 (30 min).
`type` * string	type is used to specify the scaling policy.
`value` * integer	value contains the amount of change which is permitted by the policy. It must be greater than zero

HPAScalingRules

HPAScalingRules configures the scaling behavior for one direction via scaling Policy Rules and a configurable metric tolerance.

Scaling Policy Rules are applied after calculating DesiredReplicas from metrics for the HPA. They can limit the scaling velocity by specifying scaling policies. They can prevent flapping by specifying the stabilization window, so that the number of replicas is not set instantly, instead, the safest value from the stabilization window is chosen.

The tolerance is applied to the metric values and prevents scaling too eagerly for small metric variations. (Note that setting a tolerance requires the beta HPAConfigurableTolerance feature gate to be enabled.)

Field	Description
`policies` HPAScalingPolicy array	policies is a list of potential scaling polices which can be used during scaling. If not set, use the default values: - For scale up: allow doubling the number of pods, or an absolute change of 4 pods in a 15s window. - For scale down: allow all pods to be removed in a 15s window.
`selectPolicy` string	selectPolicy is used to specify which policy should be used. If not set, the default value Max is used.
`stabilizationWindowSeconds` integer	stabilizationWindowSeconds is the number of seconds for which past recommendations should be considered while scaling up or scaling down. StabilizationWindowSeconds must be greater than or equal to zero and less than or equal to 3600 (one hour). If not set, use the default values: - For scale up: 0 (i.e. no stabilization is done). - For scale down: 300 (i.e. the stabilization window is 300 seconds long).
`tolerance` Quantity	tolerance is the tolerance on the ratio between the current and desired metric value under which no updates are made to the desired number of replicas (e.g. 0.01 for 1%). Must be greater than or equal to zero. If not set, the default cluster-wide tolerance is applied (by default 10%). For example, if autoscaling is configured with a memory consumption target of 100Mi, and scale-down and scale-up tolerances of 5% and 1% respectively, scaling will be triggered when the actual consumption falls below 95Mi or exceeds 101Mi. This is an beta field and requires the HPAConfigurableTolerance feature gate to be enabled.

HorizontalPodAutoscalerBehavior

HorizontalPodAutoscalerBehavior configures the scaling behavior of the target in both Up and Down directions (scaleUp and scaleDown fields respectively).

Field	Description
`scaleDown` HPAScalingRules	scaleDown is scaling policy for scaling Down. If not set, the default value is to allow to scale down to minReplicas pods, with a 300 second stabilization window (i.e., the highest recommendation for the last 300sec is used).
`scaleUp` HPAScalingRules	scaleUp is scaling policy for scaling Up. If not set, the default value is the higher of: * increase no more than 4 pods per 60 seconds * double the number of pods per 60 seconds No stabilization is used.

HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition

HorizontalPodAutoscalerCondition describes the state of a HorizontalPodAutoscaler at a certain point.

Field	Description
`lastTransitionTime` Time	lastTransitionTime is the last time the condition transitioned from one status to another
`message` string	message is a human-readable explanation containing details about the transition
`reason` string	reason is the reason for the condition's last transition.
`status` * string	status is the status of the condition (True, False, Unknown)
`type` * string	type describes the current condition

MetricIdentifier

MetricIdentifier defines the name and optionally selector for a metric

Field	Description
`name` * string	name is the name of the given metric
`selector` LabelSelector	selector is the string-encoded form of a standard kubernetes label selector for the given metric When set, it is passed as an additional parameter to the metrics server for more specific metrics scoping. When unset, just the metricName will be used to gather metrics.

MetricSpec

MetricSpec specifies how to scale based on a single metric (only type and one other matching field should be set at once).

Field	Description
`containerResource` ContainerResourceMetricSource	containerResource refers to a resource metric (such as those specified in requests and limits) known to Kubernetes describing a single container in each pod of the current scale target (e.g. CPU or memory). Such metrics are built in to Kubernetes, and have special scaling options on top of those available to normal per-pod metrics using the "pods" source.
`external` ExternalMetricSource	external refers to a global metric that is not associated with any Kubernetes object. It allows autoscaling based on information coming from components running outside of cluster (for example length of queue in cloud messaging service, or QPS from loadbalancer running outside of cluster).
`object` ObjectMetricSource	object refers to a metric describing a single kubernetes object (for example, hits-per-second on an Ingress object).
`pods` PodsMetricSource	pods refers to a metric describing each pod in the current scale target (for example, transactions-processed-per-second). The values will be averaged together before being compared to the target value.
`resource` ResourceMetricSource	resource refers to a resource metric (such as those specified in requests and limits) known to Kubernetes describing each pod in the current scale target (e.g. CPU or memory). Such metrics are built in to Kubernetes, and have special scaling options on top of those available to normal per-pod metrics using the "pods" source.
`type` * string	type is the type of metric source. It should be one of "ContainerResource", "External", "Object", "Pods" or "Resource", each mapping to a matching field in the object.

MetricStatus

MetricStatus describes the last-read state of a single metric.

Field	Description
`containerResource` ContainerResourceMetricStatus	container resource refers to a resource metric (such as those specified in requests and limits) known to Kubernetes describing a single container in each pod in the current scale target (e.g. CPU or memory). Such metrics are built in to Kubernetes, and have special scaling options on top of those available to normal per-pod metrics using the "pods" source.
`external` ExternalMetricStatus	external refers to a global metric that is not associated with any Kubernetes object. It allows autoscaling based on information coming from components running outside of cluster (for example length of queue in cloud messaging service, or QPS from loadbalancer running outside of cluster).
`object` ObjectMetricStatus	object refers to a metric describing a single kubernetes object (for example, hits-per-second on an Ingress object).
`pods` PodsMetricStatus	pods refers to a metric describing each pod in the current scale target (for example, transactions-processed-per-second). The values will be averaged together before being compared to the target value.
`resource` ResourceMetricStatus	resource refers to a resource metric (such as those specified in requests and limits) known to Kubernetes describing each pod in the current scale target (e.g. CPU or memory). Such metrics are built in to Kubernetes, and have special scaling options on top of those available to normal per-pod metrics using the "pods" source.
`type` * string	type is the type of metric source. It will be one of "ContainerResource", "External", "Object", "Pods" or "Resource", each corresponds to a matching field in the object.

MetricTarget

MetricTarget defines the target value, average value, or average utilization of a specific metric

Field	Description
`averageUtilization` integer	averageUtilization is the target value of the average of the resource metric across all relevant pods, represented as a percentage of the requested value of the resource for the pods. Currently only valid for Resource metric source type
`averageValue` Quantity	averageValue is the target value of the average of the metric across all relevant pods (as a quantity)
`type` * string	type represents whether the metric type is Utilization, Value, or AverageValue
`value` Quantity	value is the target value of the metric (as a quantity).

MetricValueStatus

MetricValueStatus holds the current value for a metric

Field	Description
`averageUtilization` integer	currentAverageUtilization is the current value of the average of the resource metric across all relevant pods, represented as a percentage of the requested value of the resource for the pods.
`averageValue` Quantity	averageValue is the current value of the average of the metric across all relevant pods (as a quantity)
`value` Quantity	value is the current value of the metric (as a quantity).

ObjectMetricSource

ObjectMetricSource indicates how to scale on a metric describing a kubernetes object (for example, hits-per-second on an Ingress object).

Field	Description
`describedObject` * CrossVersionObjectReference	describedObject specifies the descriptions of a object,such as kind,name apiVersion
`metric` * MetricIdentifier	metric identifies the target metric by name and selector
`target` * MetricTarget	target specifies the target value for the given metric

ObjectMetricStatus

ObjectMetricStatus indicates the current value of a metric describing a kubernetes object (for example, hits-per-second on an Ingress object).

Field	Description
`current` * MetricValueStatus	current contains the current value for the given metric
`describedObject` * CrossVersionObjectReference	DescribedObject specifies the descriptions of a object,such as kind,name apiVersion
`metric` * MetricIdentifier	metric identifies the target metric by name and selector

PodsMetricSource

PodsMetricSource indicates how to scale on a metric describing each pod in the current scale target (for example, transactions-processed-per-second). The values will be averaged together before being compared to the target value.

Field	Description
`metric` * MetricIdentifier	metric identifies the target metric by name and selector
`target` * MetricTarget	target specifies the target value for the given metric

PodsMetricStatus

PodsMetricStatus indicates the current value of a metric describing each pod in the current scale target (for example, transactions-processed-per-second).

Field	Description
`current` * MetricValueStatus	current contains the current value for the given metric
`metric` * MetricIdentifier	metric identifies the target metric by name and selector

ResourceMetricSource

ResourceMetricSource indicates how to scale on a resource metric known to Kubernetes, as specified in requests and limits, describing each pod in the current scale target (e.g. CPU or memory). The values will be averaged together before being compared to the target. Such metrics are built in to Kubernetes, and have special scaling options on top of those available to normal per-pod metrics using the "pods" source. Only one "target" type should be set.

Field	Description
`name` * string	name is the name of the resource in question.
`target` * MetricTarget	target specifies the target value for the given metric

ResourceMetricStatus

ResourceMetricStatus indicates the current value of a resource metric known to Kubernetes, as specified in requests and limits, describing each pod in the current scale target (e.g. CPU or memory). Such metrics are built in to Kubernetes, and have special scaling options on top of those available to normal per-pod metrics using the "pods" source.

Field	Description
`current` * MetricValueStatus	current contains the current value for the given metric
`name` * string	name is the name of the resource in question.

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