v0.1.1 release

What's Changed

• Cherry pick PR(153)/fix: give higher memory overhead percent by @gitautomator in #154

New Contributors

• @gitautomator made their first contribution in #154

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.1.1

v0.1.0 release

Overview

🚀 We are excited to announce the release of the Karpenter Alibaba Cloud Provider! This new open-source provider extends Karpenter’s capabilities to Alibaba Cloud, enabling efficient, flexible, and cost-optimized node provisioning for Kubernetes clusters running on Alibaba Cloud infrastructure.

Key Features

1. Seamless Alibaba Cloud Integration:

   • Automatically provisions ECS instances for Kubernetes clusters on Alibaba Cloud.
   • Supports a wide range of ECS instance types, including general-purpose, compute-optimized, and GPU instances.

2. Dynamic Scaling:

   • Leverages Karpenter’s intelligent scheduling to dynamically adjust cluster capacity based on workload demands.
   • Ensures fast, on-demand scaling with minimal latency.

3. Cost Optimization:

   • Optimizes instance selection to reduce costs by leveraging preemptible instances (Spot Instances) when appropriate.
   • Balances cost and performance to meet workload requirements efficiently.

4. Custom Node Configuration:

   • Supports flexible configurations, including custom labels, taints, and annotations for node management.
   • Allows fine-tuned control over instance lifecycle and allocation.

5. High Availability:

   • Ensures robust provisioning with fault-tolerant instance placement strategies.

6. Open Source & Community-Driven:

   • Fully open-sourced to foster collaboration and continuous improvement.
   • Contributions and feedback from the community are highly encouraged.

Getting Started

Please check the doc.

Feedback and Contributions

We welcome your feedback and contributions to make this provider even better. Please visit the GitHub repository at GitHub Link to get involved.