David, as a general principle an API called scale<something> should not be used to configure autoscaling of <something> in my opinion. So option 1 seems the best to me (an submitYamlForKubernetes-API?) However instead of requiring an yaml we could just ask for the required fields
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:51 PM David Jumani <david.jum...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently working on adding support for CloudStack as a cloud provider > for Kubernetes to allow it to dynamically scale the cluster size based on > capacity requirements. > It runs as a separate pod in its own deployment and requires an API and > Secret key to communicate with CloudStack. > > While that's going on, I'd like some feedback on how it can be integrated > and even deployed from the CloudStack side. I have three proposals and > would like your input : > > 1. Provide the deployment yaml file to the user, have them change the > min and max cluster size to suit their requirement, provide the API keys as > Kubernetes secrets and deploy it themselves. (Most flexible as the user can > change several autoscaling parameters as well) > 2. Deploy it via the scaleKubernetesCluster API. This will require > adding additional parameters to the API such as minsize, maxsize, apikey > and secretkey for the service to communicate with CloudStack. (Uses default > autoscaling parameters, api keys provided by the user) > 3. Deploy it via the scaleKubernetesCluster API, but also create a > service account and use its API keys to communicate with CloudStack. The > user will still need to provide the minsize and maxsize to the API. (Uses > default autoscaling parameters, api keys generated and used by a service > account, which if deleted could cause issues) > > The design document can be found here : > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Cluster+Autoscaler+for+CloudStack+Kubernetes+Service > > Additional info can be found here : > > https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/blob/master/cluster-autoscaler/FAQ.md > > Look forward to hearing from you! > > Thanks, > David > > david.jum...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK > @shapeblue > > > > -- Daan
