Guide to Building a Custom Kubernetes Scheduler

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 17:30:00 +0000

This guide will walk you through creating a custom scheduler plugin that influences where pods are placed based on custom logic. We will build a simple “Network-Aware” plugin that prefers to schedule pods on nodes with a specific network label.

What We Will Build:

A Filter plugin: It will only allow pods that request high-speed networking to be scheduled on nodes that are labeled as network-topology=high-speed.
A Score plugin: It will give a higher score to nodes with the high-speed label, making them more desirable.
We will then package this plugin into a new scheduler binary, containerize it, and deploy it to a local Kubernetes cluster.

Part 1: Understanding the Foundations - The Scheduling Framework

Before writing any code, it’s crucial to understand the “why” and “how”.

Scheduler on Menra Romial

Guide to Building a Custom Kubernetes Scheduler

Part 1: Understanding the Foundations - The Scheduling Framework