# 2. How to resize Kubernetes Cluster on HI GIO portal

## <mark style="color:green;">**Overview**</mark> <a href="#overview" id="overview"></a>

This documentation will be used when you want to resize your cluster nodes on HI GIO Cloud (decrease or increase the number of nodes).

## <mark style="color:green;">**Procedure**</mark> <a href="#procedure" id="procedure"></a>

**I. Pre-requisites:**

* You already have a Kubernetes cluster on HI GIO Cloud.
* The resource is available if you increase the number of nodes.
* You have permission to control the Kubernetes cluster.

**II. Procedure:**

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**Step 1:** Log in to HI GIO Cloud with IAM account --> Open vCD Portal --> More --> Kubernetes Container Clusters

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**Step 2:** Select your cluster Node Pool

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* It shows information about node type, node count, and sizing policy, …

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**Step 3:** Select the symbol <img src="/files/tQA1013GrsIiid7uSDJm" alt="" data-size="line"> on the left node you want to resize --> **Resize**

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**Step 4:** Fill in the number of nodes you want to resize SUBMIT

Use caution when resizing node pools to 0 worker nodes. The cluster must always have at least 1 running worker node, or else the cluster will enter an unrecoverable error state.

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**Step 5:** Waiting for the node size

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**Step 6:** On the tab Monitor, it will show many tasks updated on your cluster

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**Step 7:** When completed, the node count will show your location's available node/desired node.

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**Step 8:** You can verify with a command inside your cluster.

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