What does the `maxReplicas` property mean in the pipeline yaml in Azure in context of the k8s deployment?

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What does the maxReplicas property mean in the pipeline yaml in Azure in context of the k8s deployment?

E.g. in this documentation the maxReplicas: 10 is mentioned. But there is no explanation about what it means. At least I was not able to find one. Would be grateful if someone will help me to find the documentation on that.

I have two assumptions.

First, it means that we need to duplicate pods. I.e. with the maxReplicas: 10 we may have up to 10 clusters with identical pods.

Second assumption, the maxReplicas: 10 means that in a k8s cluster we can have no more than 10 pods.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 22 '23 at 17:19

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It refers to the Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaler.

https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale-walkthrough/

Example: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/tutorial-kubernetes-scale?tabs=azure-cli

answered Mar 22 '23 at 17:19

glv

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**define max replica count** – glv Mar 22 '23 at 17:19
So, it means the maximum number of pods to which a cluster can scale out. Is it correct? – manymanymore Mar 22 '23 at 17:31
Exactly! Obviously related to a specific Deployment. – glv Mar 22 '23 at 17:33

What does the `maxReplicas` property mean in the pipeline yaml in Azure in context of the k8s deployment?

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