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Containerizing Monolithic E-Commerce: Docker & Kubernetes

Packaging Magento 2 into multi-stage Docker images deployed on Kubernetes enables precise Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA) during high-traffic spikes.

By Kenneth D'Silva • Reading Time: 36 min read • Category: Architecture & Cloud

Kubernetes HPA Auto-Scaling Yaml Code

# Kubernetes HorizontalPodAutoscaler Configuration
apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
metadata:
  name: magento-app-hpa
spec:
  scaleTargetRef:
    apiVersion: apps/v1
    kind: Deployment
    name: magento-app
  minReplicas: 4
  maxReplicas: 32
  metrics:
  - type: Resource
    resource:
      name: cpu
      target:
        type: Utilization
        averageUtilization: 75

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