Automatic scale-out: Configure an autoscaler rule for the cluster node pool. This enables the cluster to automatically scale out based on the scheduling status of Pods and the usage of node resources within the cluster. For details, see Node autoscaling overview.

Manual scale-out: You can manually add new nodes to the cluster. The methods include:

Adding nodes to an existing node pool: Nodes added in this way inherit the existing node pool's billing method, instance specifications, system configuration, and security group settings.

Creating a new node pool: A new node pool always contains at least one node. This increases the total number of nodes in the cluster.

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For instructions on manually adding nodes to a cluster, see Adding nodes.

Add existing nodes

VKE provides a default node pool (vke-default-nodepool) that allows cluster scale-out by adding existing ECS instances to the cluster as nodes. For details, see Adding existing nodes.

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