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# Metrics Server

Metrics Server is a Kubernetes component that collects resource usage data in the cluster and makes it available to other Kubernetes components via the [Metrics API](https://github.com/kubernetes/metrics). Horizontal Pod Autoscaling and Vertical Pod Autoscaling work based on data from Metrics Server. You can view metrics using `kubectl top`. Node group autoscaling on cloud servers can be [configured using Cluster Autoscaler](/managed-kubernetes/node-groups/autoscaling.mdx). To monitor, [see logs in the Managed Kubernetes cluster](/managed-kubernetes/clusters/logs.mdx) or use dedicated applications, for example, [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/).

Metrics Server is installed by default in Managed Kubernetes clusters of version 1.27 and higher. You can [upgrade the cluster version on a cloud server](/managed-kubernetes/clusters/upgrade-version.mdx).

Read more about how Metrics Server works in the article [Kubernetes Metrics Server](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server) in the Kubernetes documentation.

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