Experimental Feature: MachinePool (alpha)

MachinePool feature provides a way to manage a set of machines by defining a common configuration, number of desired machine replicas etc. similar to MachineDeployment, except MachineSet controllers are responsible for the lifecycle management of the machines for MachineDeployment, whereas in MachinePools, each infrastructure provider has a specific solution for orchestrating these Machines.

Feature gate name: MachinePool

Variable name to enable/disable the feature gate: EXP_MACHINE_POOL

Infrastructure providers can support this feature by implementing their specific MachinePool such as AzureMachinePool.

More details on MachinePool can be found at: MachinePool CAEP