LU04c - Scale an App in K8s
Goals
- I'm able to explain what's the purpose of scaling an app.
- I'm able to explain the term
horizontal and vertical
scaling. - I'm able to explain the term
Replicaset
. - I'm able to scale up or down a deployment with a K8s service.
- I'm able to test/verify a scaled K8s service.
- I'm able to query relevant information on scaled pods and services in a K8s cluster.
- I can suggest and implement at least one measure when an error message appears.
Basics
This video demonstrates how to scale an app in Minikube running on a AWS EC2 Instance.
Exercises
- Read some background information before starting the exercise
- Watch again the video cast.
- Deploy and scale app in YOUR K8s cluster.
- Memorize the procedure. It will become handy for future exercises.
Study case
- Work on
06/02_Exercises/01-Exercise.md to 04-Exercise.md
located in your repository. - If an error occurs, read the message carefully, think of a solution and implement it.