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| Add-on name | Description | Information and change log |
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| Autoscaler | Automatically scale the worker pools in your cluster based on the sizing needs of your scheduled workloads. | - Preparing classic and VPC clusters for autoscaling \n - Cluster autoscaler add-on change log |
| ALB OAuth Proxy | Creates and manages the following Kubernetes resources: an OAuth2-Proxy deployment for your App ID service instance, a secret that contains the configuration of the OAuth2-Proxy deployment, and an Ingress resource that configures ALBs to route incoming requests to the OAuth2-Proxy deployment for your App ID instance. | - Adding App ID authentication to apps \n - ALB OAuth Proxy add-on version change log |
| Back up and restore Helm chart | Create a one-time or scheduled backup for data that is stored in a file storage or block storage persistent volume claim (PVC). | - Backing up and restoring PVC data for file and block storage \n - Back up and restore Helm chart change log |
| IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in | Set up pre-defined storage classes for IBM Cloud Object Storage and use these storage classes to create a PVC to provision storage for your apps. | - Installing the IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in \n - IBM Cloud Object Storage plug-in change log |
| IBM Storage Operator | Manage several storage configmaps and resources in your cluster. This add-on is installed by default in VPC clusters that run version 1.30 or later. | - Enabling the IBM Storage Operator \n - IBM Storage Operator add-on version change log |
| Headlamp dashboard | A modern Kubernetes dashboard that provides a graphical user interface for managing and monitoring cluster resources with IBM Cloud IAM authentication. | - Headlamp Kubernetes dashboard add-on \n - Headlamp add-on version change log |
| Istio | An open service mesh platform to connect, secure, control, and observe microservices on cloud platforms. The Istio add-on is offered as a managed service that integrates Istio directly with your cluster. | - Setting up the Istio managed add-on \n - Istio add-on change log |
| Static Route | Create static routes that allow worker nodes to re-route response packets through a VPN or gateway to an IP address in an on-premises data center. | - Adding static routes to worker nodes \n - Static Route add-on version change log |
| VPC Block CSI Driver | Copy a storage volume's contents at a particular point in time without creating an entirely new volume. | - Setting up snapshots with the Block Storage for VPC cluster add-on \n - VPC Block CSI Driver add-on version change log |
| VPC File CSI Driver | Create persistent volume claims for fast and flexible network-attached, NFS-based File Storage for VPC. | - Enabling the IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC cluster add-on \n - VPC File CSI Driver add-on version change log |
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