From 109b37713843f543e2d4ec3a1ed829aef9c33a24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Qiming Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 10:11:30 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add link to autoscaler FAQ (#7045) This PR adds a link to the cluster autoscaler project documentation which can help answer some questions related to the scaler internals. Closes: #1408 --- docs/tasks/administer-cluster/cluster-management.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/cluster-management.md b/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/cluster-management.md index 6f8d1a7ede..8608fbed86 100644 --- a/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/cluster-management.md +++ b/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/cluster-management.md @@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ gcloud container clusters update mytestcluster --enable-autoscaling --min-nodes= **Cluster autoscaler expects that nodes have not been manually modified (e.g. by adding labels via kubectl) as those properties would not be propagated to the new nodes within the same instance group.** +For more details about how the cluster autoscaler decides whether, when and how +to scale a cluster, please refer to the [FAQ](https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/blob/master/cluster-autoscaler/FAQ.md) +documentation from the autoscaler project. + ## Maintenance on a Node If you need to reboot a node (such as for a kernel upgrade, libc upgrade, hardware repair, etc.), and the downtime is