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Creating an Auto Scaling policy - CreateAutoScalingPolicy

Function

This API is used to create an auto scaling policy.

Constraints

None

Debugging

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Authorization Information

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URI

POST /v2/{project_id}/autoscaling-policy/{cluster_id}

Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Explanation

Project ID. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Value range

The value must consist of 1 to 64 characters. Only letters and digits are allowed.

Default value

N/A

cluster_id

Yes

String

Explanation

Cluster ID. If this parameter is specified, the latest metadata of the cluster that has been patched will be obtained. For details about how to obtain the cluster ID, see Obtaining a Cluster ID.

Constraints

N/A

Value range

The value can contain 1 to 64 characters, including only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).

Default value

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

node_group_name

Yes

String

Definition

Node group name.

Constraints

N/A

Range

This parameter is mandatory. If resource_pool_name is set to default, the auto scaling policies are created by node group. If resource_pool_name is not set to default, policies of the resource pool corresponding to the node group are created.

Default Value

N/A

resource_pool_name

Yes

String

Definition

Pool name.

Constraints

N/A

Range

This parameter is mandatory. If the cluster version does not support auto scaling for a specified resource pool, set this parameter to default. If this parameter is not default, the auto scaling policy of the specified resource pool is deleted.

Default Value

N/A

auto_scaling_policy

Yes

AutoScalingPolicyInfo object

Definition

Auto scaling rule. For details about the parameters, see Table 3.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Table 3 AutoScalingPolicyInfo

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

auto_scaling_enable

No

Boolean

Definition

Whether to enable the auto scaling rule.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • true: Enable the auto scaling rule.
  • false: Disable the autoscaling rule.

Default Value

N/A

min_capacity

No

Integer

Definition

Minimum number of nodes left in the node group.

Constraints

N/A

Range

0-500

Default Value

N/A

max_capacity

No

Integer

Definition

Maximum number of nodes in the node group.

Constraints

N/A

Range

0-500

Default Value

N/A

resources_plans

No

Array of ResourcesPlan objects

Definition

Resource plans. For details, see Table 4.

If this parameter is left blank, the resource plan is disabled.

Constraints

When auto_scaling_enable is set to true, either this parameter or rules must be configured. A maximum of five records are allowed.

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

rules

No

Array of Rule objects

Definition

Auto scaling rules. For details, see Table 5.

Constraints

When auto_scaling_enable is set to true, either this parameter or rules must be configured. The number of records cannot exceed 10.

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

tags

No

Array of Tag objects

Definition

Tags of an auto scaling rule. For details about the parameters, see Table 7.

Constraints

The number of records cannot exceed 100.

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Table 4 ResourcesPlan

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

period_type

Yes

String

Definition

Cycle type of a resource plan. This parameter can be set to daily only.

Constraints

N/A

Range

daily: Charges are calculated by day.

Default Value

N/A

start_time

Yes

String

Definition

Start time of a resource plan. The value is in the format of hour:minute, indicating that the time ranges from 00:00 to 23:59.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

end_time

Yes

String

Definition

End time of a resource plan. The format is the same as that of start_time.

Constraints

The value cannot be earlier than the start_time, and the interval between start_time and start_time cannot be less than 30 minutes.

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

min_capacity

Yes

Integer

Definition

Minimum number of the preserved nodes in a node group in a resource plan.

Constraints

N/A

Range

0-500

Default Value

N/A

max_capacity

Yes

Integer

Definition

Maximum number of the preserved nodes in a node group in a resource plan.

Constraints

N/A

Range

0-500

Default Value

N/A

effective_days

No

Array of strings

Definition

The effective date of a resource plan. If this parameter is left blank, it indicates that the resource plan takes effect every day. The options are as follows:

MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, and SUNDAY

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Table 5 Rule

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

Yes

String

Definition

Name of an auto scaling rule.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can contain 1 to 64 characters, including only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).

Rule names must be unique in a node group.

Default Value

N/A

description

No

String

Definition

Description about an auto scaling rule.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can contain 0 to 1024 characters.

Default Value

N/A

adjustment_type

Yes

String

Definition

Adjustment type of an auto scaling rule.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • scale_out: cluster scale-out
  • scale_in: cluster scale-in

Default Value

N/A

cool_down_minutes

Yes

Integer

Definition

Cluster cooling time after an auto scaling rule is triggered, when no auto scaling operation is performed. The unit is minute.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value ranges from 0 to 10080. 10080 indicates the number of minutes in a week.

Default Value

N/A

scaling_adjustment

Yes

Integer

Definition

Number of nodes that can be adjusted once.

Constraints

N/A

Range

1-100

Default Value

N/A

trigger

Yes

Trigger object

Definition

Condition for triggering a rule. For details, see Table 6.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Table 6 Trigger

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

metric_name

Yes

String

Definition

Metric name. This triggering condition makes a judgment according to the value of the metric.

Constraints

N/A

Range

For details about the value range, see Auto scaling metrics.

Default Value

N/A

metric_value

Yes

String

Definition

Metric threshold to trigger a rule. The value must be an integer or a number with two decimal places.

Constraints

N/A

Range

Only integers or numbers with two decimal places are allowed.

Default Value

N/A

comparison_operator

No

String

Definition

Metric judgment logic operator.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • LT: less than
  • GT: greater than
  • LTOE: less than or equal to
  • GTOE: greater than or equal to

Default Value

N/A

evaluation_periods

Yes

Integer

Definition

Number of consecutive five-minute periods, during which a metric threshold is reached.

Constraints

N/A

Range

1-288

Default Value

N/A

Table 7 Tag

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key

Yes

String

Definition

Tag key.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • A tag key can contain letters, digits, spaces, and special characters _.:=+-@, but cannot start or end with a space or start with _sys_.
  • The tag key of a resource must be unique.
  • It can contain a maximum of 128 Unicode characters and cannot be an empty string.

Default Value

N/A

value

Yes

String

Definition

Tag value.

Constraints

N/A

Range

  • The value can contain letters, digits, spaces, and special characters _.:=+-@, but cannot start or end with a space or start with _sys_.
  • The value can contain a maximum of 255 Unicode characters and can be an empty string.

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

None

Example Request

Create an auto scaling policy, set the number of node groups in node_group_1 to 0 to 5, and configure two scaling rules. If the value of YARNAppRunning is greater than or equal to 75 for one 5-minute period, add one Task node. If the value of YARNAppRunning is less than or equal to 25 for one 5-minute period, stop one Task node. The cooling duration is 20 minutes, and the aaa=bbb label is added to the involved nodes.

/v2/{project_id}/autoscaling-policy/{cluster_id}

{
  "node_group_name" : "node_group_1",
  "auto_scaling_policy" : {
    "auto_scaling_enable" : true,
    "min_capacity" : 0,
    "max_capacity" : 5,
    "rules" : [ {
      "name" : "default-expand-1",
      "adjustment_type" : "scale_out",
      "cool_down_minutes" : 20,
      "scaling_adjustment" : 1,
      "trigger" : {
        "metric_name" : "YARNAppRunning",
        "metric_value" : "75",
        "comparison_operator" : "GT",
        "evaluation_periods" : 1
      }
    }, {
      "name" : "default-shrink-1",
      "adjustment_type" : "scale_in",
      "cool_down_minutes" : 20,
      "scaling_adjustment" : 1,
      "trigger" : {
        "metric_name" : "YARNAppRunning",
        "metric_value" : "25",
        "comparison_operator" : "LT",
        "evaluation_periods" : 1
      }
    } ],
    "resources_plans" : [ {
      "period_type" : "daily",
      "start_time" : "06:00",
      "end_time" : "20:00",
      "min_capacity" : "0",
      "max_capacity" : "2",
      "effective_days" : [ "MONDAY" ]
    } ],
    "tags" : [ {
      "key" : "aaa",
      "value" : "bbb"
    } ]
  },
  "resource_pool_name" : "default"
}

Example Response

None

Status Codes

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.