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Cloud Native Architecture (16%)

Autoscaling

  • Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA)
    • Automatically scales the number of pods in a deployment based on CPU utilization or custom metrics
  • Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA)
    • Automatically adjusts the CPU and memory requests and limits for a pod based on its usage
  • Cluster Autoscaler
    • Automatically adjusts the number of nodes in a cluster based on resource demands

Kubernetes KEPs and SIGs

  • Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals (KEPs) are used to propose and track major changes to Kubernetes
  • Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are used to organize contributors around specific areas of the project