How does the Horizontal Pod Autoscaler Scale

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Issue

  • What does the HPA use to scale up?
  • How does the horizontal pod autoscaler know to scale my pods up or down?
  • What prompts the hpa to scale a pod back down?
  • How does the horizontal Pod Autoscaler know to scale the pod back down?

Environment

  • OpenShift Enterprise 3.1.X+

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