Level Up - GKE Pod Scaling using Custom Metrics

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This episode is based on Fernando Rubbo's reference guide on Reducing costs by scaling down GKE clusters during off-peak hours, aimed at helping customers to reduce costs by using a scheduled autoscaler that scales clusters up or down for predictable traffic demand. For example, you can save money by scaling down your cluster to the minimum during the night or at other times when usage is lower. A similar approach can also be used to increase capacity previous to known events, such as daily peaks, ad campaigns, weekend traffic, and so on.
Have a look at the written version: cloud.google.c...
00:17 - Introduction and target audience
00:49 - Architecture overview
01:17 - Hands-on: Setting up and deploying the application
02:00 - Hands-on: Configuring GKE to handle Cloud Monitoring custom metrics
02:50 - Hands-on: Configuring HPA to use the custom metric
03:46 - Hands-on: Load testing and visualization
04:46 - Hands-on: Verification and validation
05:26 - Wrap-up and special thanks
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