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Metrics Server Configuration

Metrics Server is a scalable, efficient source of container resource metrics for Kubernetes built-in autoscaling pipelines.

Configuration options for Metrics Server

1 - Metrics Server

Install/upgrade/uninstall Metrics Server

If you have not already done so, make sure your cluster meets the package prerequisites. Be sure to refer to the troubleshooting guide in the event of a problem.

Install

  1. Generate the package configuration

    eksctl anywhere generate package metrics-server --cluster <cluster-name> > metrics-server.yaml
    
  2. Add the desired configuration to metrics-server.yaml

    Please see complete configuration options for all configuration options and their default values.

    Example package file configuring a cluster autoscaler package to run on a management cluster.

    apiVersion: packages.eks.amazonaws.com/v1alpha1
    kind: Package
    metadata:
      name: metrics-server
      namespace: eksa-packages-<cluster-name>
    spec:
      packageName: metrics-server
      targetNamespace: <namespace-to-install-component>
      config: |-
        args:
          - "--kubelet-insecure-tls"    
    
  3. Install Metrics Server

    eksctl anywhere create packages -f metrics-server.yaml
    
  4. Validate the installation

    eksctl anywhere get packages --cluster <cluster-name>
    

    Example command output

    NAME                   PACKAGE              AGE   STATE        CURRENTVERSION                                                     TARGETVERSION                                                               DETAIL
    metrics-server         metrics-server       8h    installed    0.6.1-eks-1-23-6-b4c2524fabb3dd4c5f9b9070a418d740d3e1a8a2          0.6.1-eks-1-23-6-b4c2524fabb3dd4c5f9b9070a418d740d3e1a8a2 (latest)
    

Update

To update package configuration, update metrics-server.yaml file, and run the following command:

eksctl anywhere apply package -f metrics-server.yaml

Upgrade

Metrics Server will automatically be upgraded when a new bundle is activated.

Uninstall

To uninstall Metrics Server, simply delete the package

eksctl anywhere delete package --cluster <cluster-name> metrics-server

2 - v3.8.2

Configuring Metrics Server in EKS Anywhere package spec

Parameter Description Default
General
args Additional args to provide to metrics-server
Example:
cloudProvider: ["–kubelet-insecure-tls"] 
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