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= Cluster autoscaling

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You can automatically scale your {product-title} cluster to ensure flexibility for changing workloads.

To xref:../machine_management/applying-autoscaling.adoc#applying-autoscaling[autoscale] your cluster, you must first deploy a cluster autoscaler, and then deploy a machine autoscaler for each compute machine set.

* The xref:../machine_management/applying-autoscaling.adoc#cluster-autoscaler-about_applying-autoscaling[_cluster autoscaler_] increases and decreases the size of the cluster based on deployment needs.

* The xref:../machine_management/applying-autoscaling.adoc#machine-autoscaler-about_applying-autoscaling[_machine autoscaler_] adjusts the number of machines in the compute machine sets that you deploy in your {product-title} cluster.
