CAST AI Core Workflow: Autoscaler & Policies

Overview

Primary workflow for CAST AI: configure autoscaler policies to optimize cluster costs. Covers enabling spot instances, configuring the node downscaler and evictor, setting cluster CPU/memory limits, and creating node templates for workload-specific requirements.

Prerequisites

• Completed castai-install-auth with Phase 2 (cluster controller + evictor)
• CASTAI_API_KEY and CASTAI_CLUSTER_ID set
• Cluster in "ready" status

Instructions

Step 1: Read Current Policies