Kubernetes pod autoscaling for beginners

Опубликовано: 17 Февраль 2026
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In this episode, were taking a look at how to scale pods on Kubernetes based on CPU or Memory usage. This feature in Kubernetes is called the Horizontal Pod autoscaler.
Before scaling its important to understand your resource usage for the service you wish to scale.
We take a look at resource requests and limits and how they play a key role in autoscaling.

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