apiVersion: "kyverno.io/v1alpha1" kind: "ClusterPolicy" metadata: name: "add-safe-to-evict" annotations: policies.kyverno.io/category: AutoScaling policies.kyverno.io/description: The Kubernetes cluster autoscaler does not evict pods that use hostPath or emptyDir volumes. To allow eviction of these pods, the annotation cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict=true must be added to the pods. spec: rules: - name: "annotate-empty-dir" match: resources: kinds: - "Pod" mutate: overlay: metadata: annotations: +(cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict): true spec: volumes: - (emptyDir): {} - name: "annotate-host-path" match: resources: kinds: - "Pod" mutate: overlay: metadata: annotations: +(cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict): true spec: volumes: - (hostPath): path: "*"