Scheduler¶

The scheduler is responsible for creating, starting, stopping, and destroying app Containers. For example, a command such as deis scale cmd=10 tells the scheduler to run ten containers from the Docker image for your app.

The scheduler must decide which machines are eligible to run these container jobs. Scheduler backends vary in the details of their job allocation policies and whether or not they are resource-aware, among other features.

The Deis scheduler is implemented in the Controller component. The scheduler implementation (or “backend”) can be changed dynamically to support different strategies or cluster types.

Follow the Choosing a Scheduler guide to learn about available options for the Deis scheduler.