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title: Configure Autoscaling in DigitalOcean Kubernetes
description: Configure cluster, workload, and CoreDNS autoscaling for DigitalOcean Kubernetes.
product: Kubernetes
url: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/autoscaling/
last_updated: "2026-08-12"
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# Configure Autoscaling in DigitalOcean Kubernetes

Generated on 12 Aug 2026

DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) is a Kubernetes service with a fully managed control plane, high availability, and autoscaling. DOKS integrates with standard Kubernetes toolchains and DigitalOcean’s load balancers, volumes, CPU and GPU Droplets, API, and CLI.

[How to Enable Cluster Autoscaler for a DigitalOcean Kubernetes Cluster](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/autoscale/index.html.md): Enable autoscaling to automatically adjust the number of nodes in a cluster based on the cluster’s capacity to schedule pods. Combine with a Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) to make clusters highly responsive to resource demands.

[How to Configure CoreDNS Autoscaling for DigitalOcean Kubernetes](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/configure-coredns-autoscaling/index.html.md): Configure the Cluster Proportional Autoscaler plugin to automatically scale CoreDNS replicas based on cluster size.

[Autoscale Cluster With Horizontal Pod Autoscaling](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/set-up-autoscaling/index.html.md): Autoscale a DigitalOcean Kubernetes cluster using cluster autoscaling (CA) and horizontal pod autoscaling (HPA).