Configure Horizontal Pod Autoscaler Modify deployment.yaml with Resource limits resources: limits: cpu: '1' memory: "500Mi" requests: cpu: '1' memory: "500Mi" hpa.yaml file in helm chart apiVersion: autoscaling/v1 kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler metadata: name: petclicnic-hpa spec: maxReplicas: 5 minReplicas: 1 scaleTargetRef: apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1 kind: Deployment name: petclinic-deployment targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 50 Install siege package on K8 Master Siege is a stress tester for HTTP/HTTPS yum -y install epel-release yum -y install siege siege -q -c 2 -t 2m http://ip:port q = quiet mode c = concurrent 2m = time period