Add/Resize Node Pools, Upgrades & Maintenance

Scale capacity, roll upgrades safely, and keep clusters healthy.

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Node pools

• Add a pool for new workload types

• Resize by changing node size (create new pool → migrate pods)

• Scale count or enable autoscaling (if available)

Upgrades

• Control plane upgrade from cluster settings

• Rolling node upgrades: cordon/drain, recreate nodes

kubectl cordon <node> && kubectl drain <node> --ignore-daemonsets --delete-emptydir-data

Maintenance

• Recycle nodes periodically to pick up kernel/runtime patches

• Keep versions within N / N-1