= Configuring the number of replicas for operand deployments using HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA) Starting from this release, you can configure the number of replicas for operands using link: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale/ [HorizontalPodAutoscaler] (HPA): [code, source] ---- apiVersion: autoscaling/v2 kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler metadata:   name: scaler   namespace: {operator-namespace} spec:   scaleTargetRef:     apiVersion: apps/v1     kind: Deployment     name: __<deployment_name>__   ... ---- The `__<deployment_name>__` in the snippet above corresponds to one of the following deployments: * `che-server` * `che-gateway` * `dashboard` * `plugin-registry` * `devfile-registry` Find more details about the HPA setup in the link: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openshift_dev_spaces/3.12/html/administration_guide/configuring-devspaces#configuring-number-of-replicas-configuring-number-of-replicas [official documentation].