karpenter_consolidation_enabled

Description

The karpenter_consolidation_enabled parameter controls how aggressively Karpenter consolidates workload nodes.

Default Value

The default value is true.

Setting the Parameter

$ convox rack params set karpenter_consolidation_enabled=false -r rackName
Setting parameters... OK

Additional Information

• When true: Karpenter uses WhenEmptyOrUnderutilized — it consolidates both underutilized nodes (by moving pods to fewer, better-utilized nodes) and fully empty nodes.
• When false: Karpenter uses WhenEmpty — it only removes nodes with no running pods.
• The delay before consolidation triggers is controlled by karpenter_consolidate_after.

See Also

• Karpenter for the full Karpenter configuration reference
• karpenter_consolidate_after
• karpenter_disruption_budget_nodes