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Scaling StatefulSets

Scaling StatefulSets

Learn how to scale StatefulSets up and down.

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Each time Kubernetes scales up a StatefulSet, it creates new Pods and PVCs. However, when scaling down, Kubernetes only terminates Pods. This means future scale-up operations only need to create new Pods and connect them back to the original PVCs. Kubernetes and the StatefulSet controller handle all of this without our help.

Modifying the replica count

We currently have three StatefulSet Pods and three PVCs. Edit the sts.yml file, change the replica count from 3 to 2, and save the changes. 

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: StatefulSet
metadata:
  name: tkb-sts
spec:
  replicas: 2
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: web
  serviceName: "dullahan"
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: web
    spec:
      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
      containers:
      - name: ctr-web
        image: nginx:latest
        ports:
        - containerPort: 80
          name: web
        volumeMounts:
        - name: webroot
          mountPath: /usr/share/nginx/html
  volumeClaimTemplates:
  - metadata:
      name: webroot
    spec:
      accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
      storageClassName: "flash"
      resources:
        requests:
          storage: 1Gi
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Once done, run the following command to repost the updated configuration to the cluster. You’ll have to type exit if you’re still logged on to the jump Pod.

$ kubectl apply -f sts.yml
statefulset.apps/tkb-sts configured
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