Disable automation

Learn how to disable Automation

PerfectScale Automation is a powerful feature that streamlines and optimizes your infrastructure management. However, there may be scenarios where you need to temporarily or permanently disable automation. Choose one of the methods provided to deactivate Automation smoothly, depending on your needs.

Disabling automation for the namespace/workload

This method enables you to selectively exclude specific namespaces and workloads within your cluster from automation.

Set a flag spec.automation.operational.automationMode = Disabled in the namespace/workload automation configuration.

The workload settings take precedence over the settings of the namespace or cluster (the namespace settings take precedence over the cluster's). This feature allows enabling automation for the entire namespace or cluster while allowing for specific workloads to be disabled within this namespace/cluster.

Use one of the following configurations to exclude the particular namespace or workload from automation in the cluster.

Exclude namespace

apiVersion: perfectscale.io/v1
kind: NamespaceAutomationConfig
metadata:
  name: your-namespace-automation-config
spec:
  automation:
    operational:
      automationMode: Disabled

Exclude workload

apiVersion: perfectscale.io/v1
kind: WorkloadAutomationConfig
metadata:
  name: your-workload-automation-config
spec:
  automation:
    operational:
      automationMode: Disabled
  targetRef:
    kind: Deployment
    name: deployment-name-here

Exclude workload by label

apiVersion: perfectscale.io/v1
kind: NamespaceAutomationConfig
metadata:
  name: your-namespace-automation-config
spec:
  automation:
    operational:
      workloadLabelSelectors:
        - key: "environment"
          value: "production"
          allowAutomation: false    # Disables Automation for workload with the specified label

Disable automation for the cluster

To disable automation for the entire cluster, use one of the following options:

• Set a flag spec.automation.operational.StopAllAutomation = true in the cluster automation configuration.

• Manually delete cluster automation configuration.

• Uninstall PerfectScale Automation Agent.

StopAllAutomation

This method allows you to fully disable automation across the entire cluster, overriding any existing automation settings for specific namespaces or workloads.

apiVersion: perfectscale.io/v1
kind: ClusterAutomationConfig
metadata:
  name: cluster-automation-config
spec:
  automation:
    operational:
        stopAllAutomation: true

Cleanup automation

In certain scenarios, you may need to disable automation and revert any changes it has applied, returning your cluster to its original state based on the specified configuration.

To achieve this, set the cleanupAllAutomation parameter to true. This will not only stop automation but also roll back any modifications made by the automation processes, restoring the original resource specifications and settings.

cleanupAllAutomation overrides any existing automation settings for specific namespaces or workloads.

apiVersion: perfectscale.io/v1
kind: ClusterAutomationConfig
metadata:
  name: cluster-automation-config
spec:
  automation:
    operational:
        cleanupAllAutomation: true

Uninstall the automation agent

To uninstall the PerfectScale Automation Agent, execute the following command

helm -n perfectscale  uninstall psc-autoscaler