kedacore/keda

Provide support for Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA)

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#1,788 opened on May 6, 2021

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Description

Proposal

Provide support for Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) instead of HPA.

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Contributor guide

Research direction
Study KEDA's existing HPA scaler implementation and the VPA API. Understand how KEDA creates HPA objects and adapt the pattern to create VPA objects. Focus on the scale object creation and reconciliation loop.
Tech stack
gokubernetes
Domain
backendinfrastructure
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
3-5 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
GoKubernetesKEDA internals
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
30