Starting with descheduler release v0.10.0 container images are available in these container registries.
asia.gcr.io/k8s-artifacts-prod/descheduler/descheduler
eu.gcr.io/k8s-artifacts-prod/descheduler/descheduler
us.gcr.io/k8s-artifacts-prod/descheduler/descheduler
The examples directory has descheduler policy configuration examples.
The descheduler has many CLI options that can be used to override its default behavior.
descheduler --help
The descheduler evicts pods which may be bound to less desired nodes
Usage:
descheduler [flags]
descheduler [command]
Available Commands:
help Help about any command
version Version of descheduler
Flags:
--add-dir-header If true, adds the file directory to the header
--alsologtostderr log to standard error as well as files
--descheduling-interval duration Time interval between two consecutive descheduler executions. Setting this value instructs the descheduler to run in a continuous loop at the interval specified.
--dry-run execute descheduler in dry run mode.
--evict-local-storage-pods Enables evicting pods using local storage by descheduler
-h, --help help for descheduler
--kubeconfig string File with kube configuration.
--log-backtrace-at traceLocation when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace (default :0)
--log-dir string If non-empty, write log files in this directory
--log-file string If non-empty, use this log file
--log-file-max-size uint Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited. (default 1800)
--log-flush-frequency duration Maximum number of seconds between log flushes (default 5s)
--logtostderr log to standard error instead of files (default true)
--max-pods-to-evict-per-node int Limits the maximum number of pods to be evicted per node by descheduler
--node-selector string Selector (label query) to filter on, supports '=', '==', and '!='.(e.g. -l key1=value1,key2=value2)
--policy-config-file string File with descheduler policy configuration.
--skip-headers If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
--skip-log-headers If true, avoid headers when opening log files
--stderrthreshold severity logs at or above this threshold go to stderr (default 2)
-v, --v Level number for the log level verbosity
--vmodule moduleSpec comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
Use "descheduler [command] --help" for more information about a command.