Excluding a namespace or workload from the Automation

Learn how to effortlessly exclude a cluster, namespace, or workload from your Automation configuration

In some cases, you might want to exclude specific namespaces or workloads from automation. Use the following configurations in order to exclude the particular namespace or workload from automation in the cluster

Exclude a namespace

apiVersion: perfectscale.io/v1
kind: NamespaceAutomationConfig
metadata:
  name: your-namespace-automation-config
spec:
  automation:
    operational:
      automationMode: Disabled # Disables Automation for the specified namespace

Exclude a workload

apiVersion: perfectscale.io/v1
kind: WorkloadAutomationConfig
metadata:
  name: your-workload-automation-config
spec:
  automation:
    operational:
      automationMode: Disabled # Disables Automation for the workload with the specified parameters
  targetRef:
    kind: Deployment
    name: deployment-name-here

Exclude workload(s) 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 the workload(s) with the specified label