CAST AI Core Workflow: Workload Autoscaler

Overview

CAST AI Workload Autoscaler right-sizes pod resource requests based on actual usage, reducing over-provisioning without manual VPA tuning. This skill covers enabling the workload autoscaler, configuring scaling policies per workload, and using annotations for fine-grained control.

Prerequisites

• Completed castai-core-workflow-a (cluster-level policies)
• CAST AI agent v1.60+ installed
• Workload Autoscaler enabled in CAST AI console

Instructions

Step 1: Install Workload Autoscaler Components