Zesty

Knowledge base documentation for Zesty.

v1

• Zesty Kubernetes Optimization Platform
• Welcome to Zesty
• Get started with Zesty
• Onboard an AWS account with Zesty platform
• Onboard an AWS account for Kompass with Terraform
• Onboard an AWS Management account for Kompass
• Onboard Azure for Zesty Commitment Manager
• Azure onboarding prerequisites
• AWS IAM permission requirements
• Configure and manage the Zesty platform
• Work with AWS CUR
• Create an AWS CUR
• Backfill data into a CUR
• Configure existing AWS CUR for Kompass integration
• Configure Microsoft Azure SSO for Zesty
• Integrate Okta SSO with Zesty
• Update products or account permissions
• Find your Zesty API key
• Configure Amazon Athena for Kompass integration
• Kubernetes resource optimization
• Multi-dimensional autoscaling
• Pod rightsizing
• Pod rightsizing workload optimization
• How Pod rightsizing works
• Replica optimization
• How Replica optimization works
• Deploy Kubernetes resource optimization solutions
• Install Kubernetes resource optimization components
• Install the Insights agent - AWS EKS
• Install the Insights agent - Azure AKS
• Install and enable components with ArgoCD
• Install the Compute agent with Terraform
• Enable Kubernetes resource optimization components
• Enable Pod rightsizing
• Enable Adaptive Pod placement
• Manage Kubernetes resource solutions
• View Kubernetes metrics
• Manage clusters
• Manage workloads
• Apply Multi-dimensional autoscaling optimization
• Apply MDA optimization with YAML
• Custom policies
• Manage policies with YAML
• Apply MDA optimization with the UI
• Apply and manage Pod rightsizing for batch-like workloads
• Deprecated Pod rightsizing topics
• Apply and manage Pod rightsizing with UI - deprecated
• Apply and manage Pod rightsizing with CLI - deprecated
• Apply and manage Pod rightsizing for K8s Jobs with CLI - deprecated
• Adaptive Pod placement
• How Adaptive Pod placement works
• Status check for Adaptive Pod placement
• PV autoscaling
• How PV autoscaling works
• System requirements - PV autoscaling
• Deploy PV autoscaling
• Configure your PV autoscaling workload
• Maintain PV autoscaling
• See current filesystem utilization - PV autoscaling
• Troubleshoot PV autoscaling
• Use EZswitch in PV autoscaling
• How EZswitch works in PV autoscaling
• Install and run EZswitch in PV autoscaling
• Command reference for EZswitch in PV autoscaling
• Monitor and troubleshoot EZswitch in PV autoscaling
• Configure PVCs for Velero backup and restore
• FAQ - PV autoscaling
• Release notes for Storage Autoscaling
• Storage Autoscaling v25.4
• Storage Autoscaling v25.3
• Storage Autoscaling v25.2
• 2024 releases
• Zesty Disk for Kubernetes v24.22
• Zesty Disk for Kubernetes v24.20
• Release notes for Kubernetes resource optimization solutions
• Insights agent release notes
• Pod Placement agent release notes
• Spike protection with Fast scaling
• HiberScale technology
• How Fast scaling works
• Apply Fast scaling
• Apply Fast scaling with the UI
• Apply Fast scaling with YAML
• WorkloadDescriptor field reference
• Cloud commitment optimization
• Commitment Manager details
• Activate Commitment Manager
• How to update your permissions to 'Managed' for activation
• Registering to the RI Marketplace
• How do I increase purchase limits for the RI Marketplace?
• FAQ - Commitment Manager
• General questions
• Are there any limits on the types of EC2 instances that can be covered?
• I already have Reserved Instances or Savings Plans that are not going to expire soon. Can Zesty still provide significant savings?
• Glossary of Terms
• How is the RI Marketplace different from the AWS Marketplace?
• What data does Zesty collect?
• Getting started questions
• What does the 'Potential Savings Report' show?
• What permissions are required to see Potential Savings?
• Why don’t the potential savings for the next 30 days match the projection for the next 12 months?
• What is root user access and is it required?
• Why is root user access needed for onboarding?
• Do I need to commit for a set period of time?
• What services are supported?
• Does signing up for a Potential Savings report obligate me to Zesty in any way?
• How soon can I expect to start seeing savings?
• Does Commitment Manager require an agent?
• Do you cover Kubernetes or container workloads?
• What kind of savings is Zesty able to provide?
• Activation questions
• What is needed to sign up to the RI Marketplace?
• What can I do if I don’t have a US bank account?
• What permissions are required to activate?
• Can we use Zesty if we have an SCP in place?
• How long will it take to see the full savings potential?
• Management questions
• Why does Zesty require 30 days notice of significant architectural changes?
• Zesty Disk
• See Zesty Disk savings
• How Zesty Disk works
• Zesty Disk for standalone instances
• How Zesty Disk works - standalone instances
• Deploy Zesty Disk on standalone instances
• Before you deploy Zesty Disk on standalone instances
• System requirements for Zesty Disk on standalone instances
• Onboard an AWS account with Zesty platform
• Install the Zesty Disk Agent on standalone instances
• Verify permissions before deployment on Linux
• Create a new Zesty Disk filesystem on standalone instances
• Create a new Zesty Disk filesystem on Linux
• Create a new Zesty Disk filesystem on Windows
• Use EZswitch for standalone instances
• How EZswitch works on standalone instances
• Run EZswitch on Linux from the Zesty platform
• Run EZswitch on Linux from the zestyctl CLI
• Run EZswitch on Windows
• Extend filesystems with Auto Extend
• Auto Extend policies
• Create and apply an Auto Extend policy to a filesystem
• Create or edit an Auto Extend policy
• Apply an existing Auto Extend policy to a filesystem
• Run AWS Auto Scaling Group with Zesty Disk
• Run CrowdStrike with Zesty Disk
• Other deployment topics
• Manage an existing filesystem
• Enable AWS PrivateLink for Zesty Disk
• Verify instance compatibility with the Zesty Disk Agent
• Run EMR with Zesty Disk
• Create a compatible AMI
• Set up an EMR cluster
• Launch the EMR cluster with Zesty Disk
• zestyctl CLI command reference
• zestyctl disk mount - Mount a device
• zestyctl disk ezswitch commands
• zestyctl disk list - Get information about mount points
• zestyctl logs collect - Collect logs
• zestyctl verification - Verify AWS account and Linux instance permissions
• zestyctl version - Get the version of the zestyctl package
• Configure and maintain Zesty Disk on standalone instances
• Configure default Zesty Disk parameters: Use policies to modify the parameters of all Zesty Disk filesystems on an instance
• Automate Zesty Disk backup with AWS tools
• Back up Zesty Disk with AWS Backup
• Back up Zesty Disk with Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager
• Restore backed up Zesty Disk volumes
• Modify Zesty Disk volume parameters
• Manually extend a Zesty Disk filesystem
• Manually extend a Btrfs-based Zesty Disk filesystem
• Manually extend a ZFS-based Zesty Disk filesystem
• Check the status of the Zesty Disk Agent
• See current filesystem utilization - standalone instances
• Read-only filesystem automatic remount
• Get event notifications
• Integrate Zesty notification channels
• Move volumes to a different instance
• Roll back a ZestyDisk filesystem
• FAQ - Zesty Disk for standalone instances
• How do I update IAM permissions?
• Why not modify Zesty Disk parameters in the AWS Console?
• Can I limit the maximum filesystem size?
• How does auto-scaling impact application performance?
• How much capacity does Zesty Disk add?
• What is the filesystem efficiency score?
• What data does Zesty collect?
• What triggers Zesty Disk to adjust the filesystem?
• Does extending or shrinking volumes require downtime?
• In the event of a failed mount at reboot, how long does it take to fail-back to the original file system?
• How does application performance compare between running on Zesty disk vs. EBS?
• What is the cost to migrate EBS to Zesty Disk?
• Can we provision access to the Zesty platform through Okta?
• How do we manage Zesty Disk as code with Terraform?
• What is the fastest and easiest way to start saving with Zesty Disk?
• How does Zesty Disk work at scale? When should we expect to see performance degradation?
• How does Zesty Disk behavior at scale affect our AWS constraints?
• At what point will we hit rate limiting events?
• Can we monitor Zesty with tools like Elastic Stack or Prometheus?
• Which tools can be integrated with Zesty Disk?
• Release notes for Zesty Disk on standalone instances
• Zesty Disk for standalone instances - release notes
• 2025 releases
• Zesty Disk for standalone instances v25.11
• Zesty Disk for standalone instances v25.13
• Zesty Disk for standalone instances v25.8
• Zesty Disk for standalone instances v25.5
• Zesty Disk for standalone instances v25.6
• Zesty Disk for standalone instances v25.3
• Zesty Disk for standalone instances v25.2
• 2024 releases
• Zesty Disk for standalone instances v24.24
• Zesty Disk for standalone instances v24.21
• Archived release notes
• Zesty Disk Agent v6.6.0
• Zesty Disk Agent v6.7.2
• Zesty Disk Agent v6.7.1
• Zesty Disk Agent v6.7.0
• Zesty Disk Agent v6.5.1
• Security & Legal
• What permissions are required to activate?
• What data does Zesty collect?
• Switching providers
• Billing & Finance
• What is the billing cycle for Zesty products?
• Is there a threshold which must be met to work with Commitment Manager?
• Why don’t the potential savings for the next 30 days match the projection for the next 12 months?
• Billing Report Terms and Definitions
• How does Zesty billing work if we sign up via the AWS Marketplace?
• Why did I get an invoice of 1.01 from AWS?
• What is the pricing model?