Custom Scheduling

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You can run multiple, custom schedulers alongside the default scheduler and configure which scheduler to use for each pods.

To schedule a given pod using a specific scheduler, specify the name of the scheduler in that pod specification.

Deploying the Scheduler

The steps below are the general process for deploying a scheduler into your cluster.

Create or edit a pod configuration and specify the name of the scheduler with the parameter. The name must be unique.

Sample pod specification with scheduler

1 The name of the scheduler to use. When no scheduler name is supplied, the pod is automatically scheduled using the default scheduler.
Run the following command to create the pod:
```
$ oc create -f scheduler.yaml
```
Run the following command to check that the pod was created with the custom scheduler:

The pod should not be running.

NAME                READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE

Deploy the custom scheduler.
Run the following command to check the status of the pod:
```
$ oc get pod
```
The pod should be running.