Kubernetes Cluster Autoscaler (via Prometheus)
How to import
In Datadog: Dashboards → New Dashboard → ⚙ Configure → Import dashboard JSON → paste this JSON.
Super simple dashboard showing an overview of kubernetes cluster autoscaling activity and status, using metrics reported by the autoscaler to prometheus. https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/tree/master/cluster-autoscaler

Conversion quality
Fair 65Share of panels whose queries were translated without loss. Partial and unsupported panels keep the original PromQL in a note widget.
- Native0
- OpenMetrics5
- Partial3
- Unsupported2
Metrics without a native Datadog mapping
These metric names were kept in OpenMetrics naming. Adjust them if you collect with a native Datadog integration.
cluster_autoscaler_nodes_count ×6cluster_autoscaler_unschedulable_pods_count ×2cluster_autoscaler_scaled_up_nodes_total ×2cluster_autoscaler_cluster_safe_to_autoscalecluster_autoscaler_evicted_pods_totalcluster_autoscaler_unneeded_nodes_countcluster_autoscaler_scaled_down_nodes_totalUnsupported panels
- Last scaleDown activity
singlestat - Last autoscale activity
singlestat
Tagsprometheus
Revisions
- Revision 1Converted from grafana.com revision 1Download JSON