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Autoscaling using datadog as a external metrics provider
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Since Kubernetes v1.2 we can autoscale an application based on metrics like CPU provided by the metrics-server. As of Kubernetes v1.6, it is possible to autoscale off of custom metrics and later on, starting Kubernetes v1.10, we can autoscale using any metric from outside the cluster, like the ones collected by datadog
10/01/2022
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How to use the Datadog Python Library to send custom metrics
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Using the Datadog Python Library we can very easily inject metrics into Datadog. These metrics will fall into the "custom metrics" category. Let's check the python code needed to do so:
16/07/2021
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From pet to cattle
Treat your kubernetes clusters like cattle, not pets