---
title: Kube-Scheduler Profile
url: https://devopstales.github.io/kubernetes/k8s-kube-scheduler-profile/
date: 2024-10-23
keywords: Kubernetes, K8S, Kube-Scheduler
---



In this post I will show you how you can create a custom Kube-Scheduler profile to chaneg scheduling options.
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### What is Kube-Scheduler?

Kube-Scheduler is the component that is makes decisions on where to run Pods based on various criteria such as node selectors, affinities, hardware constraints, resource limits. By default the sheduler schedules the pods to the lease used node. In this example I will change this to the ![MostAllocated strategy](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/resource-bin-packing/#enabling-bin-packing-using-mostallocated-strategy). With this configuration you can save resources and mony.

> This post was tested on Kubernetes version 1.25 and later.

### Find Kube-Scheduler config

On the masternodes find the `/etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-scheduler.yaml` file.

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: null
  labels:
    component: kube-scheduler
    tier: control-plane
  name: kube-scheduler
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  containers:
  - command:
    - kube-scheduler
    - --authentication-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf
    - --authorization-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf
    - --bind-address=127.0.0.1
    - --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf
    - --leader-elect=true
    - --port=0
    image: k8s.gcr.io/kube-scheduler:v1.25.2
    imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
    livenessProbe:
      failureThreshold: 8
      httpGet:
        host: 127.0.0.1
        path: /healthz
        port: 10259
        scheme: HTTPS
      initialDelaySeconds: 10
      periodSeconds: 10
      timeoutSeconds: 15
    name: kube-scheduler
    resources:
      requests:
        cpu: 100m
    startupProbe:
      failureThreshold: 24
      httpGet:
        host: 127.0.0.1
        path: /healthz
        port: 10259
        scheme: HTTPS
      initialDelaySeconds: 10
      periodSeconds: 10
      timeoutSeconds: 15
    volumeMounts:
    - mountPath: /etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf
      name: kubeconfig
      readOnly: true
  hostNetwork: true
  priorityClassName: system-node-critical
  securityContext:
    seccompProfile:
      type: RuntimeDefault
  volumes:
  - hostPath:
      path: /etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf
      type: FileOrCreate
    name: kubeconfig
status: {}
```

### Create Config for the scheduler

```yaml
apiVersion: kubescheduler.config.k8s.io/v1beta2
kind: KubeSchedulerConfiguration
leaderElection:
   leaderElect: false
profiles:
   - schedulerName: custom-scheduler
     pluginConfig:
       - args:
           apiVersion: kubescheduler.config.k8s.io/v1beta2
           kind: NodeResourcesFitArgs
           scoringStrategy:
               resources:
                   - name: cpu
                     weight: 1
                   - name: memory
                     weight: 1
               type: MostAllocated
         name: NodeResourcesFit
     plugins:
       score:
           enabled:
               - name: NodeResourcesFit
                 weight: 1
```

### Update scheduler manifest

```bash
sudo cp kube-scheduler.yaml.bak /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-scheduler.yaml
```

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: null
  labels:
    component: kube-scheduler
    tier: control-plane
  name: kube-scheduler
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  containers:
  - command:
    - kube-scheduler
    - --config=/etc/kubernetes/myscheduler.conf
    - --authorization-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf
    - --authentication-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf
    image: k8s.gcr.io/kube-scheduler:v1.25.2
    imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
    livenessProbe:
      failureThreshold: 8
      httpGet:
        host: 127.0.0.1
        path: /healthz
        port: 10259
        scheme: HTTPS
      initialDelaySeconds: 10
      periodSeconds: 10
      timeoutSeconds: 15
    name: kube-scheduler
    resources:
      requests:
        cpu: 100m
    startupProbe:
      failureThreshold: 24
      httpGet:
        host: 127.0.0.1
        path: /healthz
        port: 10259
        scheme: HTTPS
      initialDelaySeconds: 10
      periodSeconds: 10
      timeoutSeconds: 15
    volumeMounts:
    - mountPath: /etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf
      name: kubeconfig
      readOnly: true
    - mountPath: /etc/kubernetes/myscheduler.conf
      name: mysched
      readOnly: true
  hostNetwork: true
  priorityClassName: system-node-critical
  securityContext:
    seccompProfile:
      type: RuntimeDefault
  volumes:
  - hostPath:
      path: /etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf
      type: FileOrCreate    
    name: kubeconfig
  - hostPath:
      path: /etc/kubernetes/myscheduler.conf
      type: FileOrCreate
    name: mysched
```

> Remember to xhnage the config on all master nodes.

```bash
sudo cp kube-scheduler.yaml /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-scheduler.yaml
```