StormForge Applier
Should you install the StormForge Applier?
Optimize Live provides a separate application for automatically applying right-sizing recommendations to your Kubernetes workloads on an ad hoc or continuous basis.
Install the StormForge Applier if you plan to:
- Apply recommendations on demand from the StormForge UI.
- Apply recommendations automatically on a schedule.
You do not need to install the StormForge Applier if you plan to deploy recommendations as part of a GitOps workflow or export recommendations as patches.
Install the StormForge Applier
1. For this workshop, we’ll use Helm to install the StormForge Applier:
helm install stormforge-applier \
oci://registry.stormforge.io/library/stormforge-applier \
-n stormforge-system
2. To validate the installation, run:
kubectl get pods -A | grep 'stormforge-applier'
The output should look something like this:
stormforge-system stormforge-applier-8554758f5b-whbc4 1/1 Running 0 20s
3. Congratulations. You’ve successfully installed the StormForge Applier
With the StormForge Applier successfully installed, you can now return to the StormForge UI and apply recommendations with a single click.
Next: Use the StormForge UI to Apply Right-Sizing Recommendations
Proceed to the next section to learn how to use the StormForge UI and the StormForge Applier to apply right-sizing recommendations to your workloads.