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+{{- if and .Values.defaultBackend.enabled .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.enabled }}
+apiVersion: {{ ternary "autoscaling/v2" "autoscaling/v2beta2" (.Capabilities.APIVersions.Has "autoscaling/v2") }}
+kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
+metadata:
+  {{- with .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.annotations }}
+  annotations: {{ toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "ingress-nginx.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: default-backend
+    {{- with .Values.defaultBackend.labels }}
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- end }}
+  name: {{ include "ingress-nginx.defaultBackend.fullname" . }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+spec:
+  scaleTargetRef:
+    apiVersion: apps/v1
+    kind: Deployment
+    name: {{ include "ingress-nginx.defaultBackend.fullname" . }}
+  minReplicas: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.minReplicas }}
+  maxReplicas: {{ .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.maxReplicas }}
+  metrics:
+  {{- with .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.targetCPUUtilizationPercentage }}
+  - type: Resource
+    resource:
+      name: cpu
+      target:
+        type: Utilization
+        averageUtilization: {{ . }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- with .Values.defaultBackend.autoscaling.targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage }}
+  - type: Resource
+    resource:
+      name: memory
+      target:
+        type: Utilization
+        averageUtilization: {{ . }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}