kubernetes-sigs / kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime

Dynamic controller scaling

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Description

Currently we allow to specify a fixed number of nodes for each controller.

After attending the talk at KubeCon on how to scale Cluster API to 2k clusters (link tba), it's be good to allow controller runtime to spin up and down workers dynamically based on objects in the queue, and on the 90th percentile of the overall duration of the reconciler.

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Research direction

The issue does not name a file, test, or entry point. Start by locating the fixed controller node configuration and the worker/reconciler runtime, then investigate how queue contents and reconciler duration are measured. Done means workers can scale up and down using queued objects and the 90th-percentile reconciler duration.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go, kubernetes
Domain
distributed-systems, infrastructure, performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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