diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/docs/faq.md b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/docs/faq.md index d317731a4c8a..fe625376c23a 100644 --- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/docs/faq.md +++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/docs/faq.md @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ - [What are the parameters to VPA recommender?](#what-are-the-parameters-to-vpa-recommender) - [What are the parameters to VPA updater?](#what-are-the-parameters-to-vpa-updater) - [How can I configure VPA to manage only specific resources?](#how-can-i-configure-vpa-to-manage-only-specific-resources) +- [How can I have Pods in the kube-system namespace under VPA control in AKS?](#how-can-i-have-pods-in-the-kube-system-namespace-under-vpa-control-in-aks) +- [How can I configure VPA when running in EKS with Cilium?](#how-can-i-configure-vpa-when-running-in-eks-with-cilium) ### VPA restarts my pods but does not modify CPU or memory settings @@ -294,4 +296,17 @@ Common use cases: 2. CPU-only VPA: * Use controlledResources: ["cpu"] when you want to automate CPU resource allocation -* Useful when memory requirements are stable but CPU usage varies \ No newline at end of file +* Useful when memory requirements are stable but CPU usage varies + +### How can I have Pods in the kube-system namespace under VPA control in AKS? + +When running a webhook in AKS, it blocks webhook requests for the kube-system namespace in order to protect the system. +See the [AKS FAQ page](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/faq#can-admission-controller-webhooks-impact-kube-system-and-internal-aks-namespaces-) for more info. + +The `--webhook-labels` parameter for the VPA admission-controller can be used to bypass this behaviour, if required by the user. + +### How can I configure VPA when running in EKS with Cilium? + +When running in EKS with Cilium, the EKS API server cannot route traffic to the overlay network. The VPA admission-controller +Pods either need to use host networking or be exposed through a service or ingress. +See the [Cilium Helm installation page](https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/installation/k8s-install-helm/) for more info.