Horizontal Pod autoscaling
Imagine you’re the manager of a snack bar at a park. On a sunny day, lots of people come to enjoy the park, and they all want snacks. Now, you have a few workers at your snack bar who make and serve the snacks.
Horizontal Pod autoscaling in Kubernetes is like having magical helpers who adjust the number of snack makers (pods) based on how many people want snacks (traffic).
Here’s how it works:
- Average days: You might only need one or two snack makers on regular days with fewer people. In Kubernetes terms, you have a few pods running your application.
- Busy days: But when it’s a sunny weekend, and everyone rushes to the park, more people want snacks. Your magical helpers (Horizontal Pod autoscaling) notice the increase in demand. They say, “We need more snack makers!” So, more snack makers (pods) are added automatically to handle the rush.
- Scaling down: Once the sun sets and the crowd leaves, you don...
