# Scheduler Configuration — Multiple profiles

> You can configure kube-scheduler to run more than one profile.

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You can configure kube-scheduler to run more than one profile. Each profile has an associated scheduler name and can have a different set of plugins configured in its extension points.

With the following sample configuration, the scheduler will run with two profiles: one with the default plugins and one with all scoring plugins disabled.

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```yaml
apiVersion: kubescheduler.config.k8s.io/v1
kind: KubeSchedulerConfiguration
profiles:
  - schedulerName: default-scheduler
  - schedulerName: no-scoring-scheduler
    plugins:
      preScore:
        disabled:
        - name: '*'
      score:
        disabled:
        - name: '*'
```

Pods that want to be scheduled according to a specific profile can include the corresponding scheduler name in its .spec.schedulerName.

By default, one profile with the scheduler name default-scheduler is created. This profile includes the default plugins described above. When declaring more than one profile, a unique scheduler name for each of them is required.

If a Pod doesn't specify a scheduler name, kube-apiserver will set it to default-scheduler. Therefore, a profile with this scheduler name should exist to get those pods scheduled.

Pod's scheduling events have .spec.schedulerName as their reportingController. Events for leader election use the scheduler name of the first profile in the list.

For more information, please refer to the reportingController section under Event API Reference.

All profiles must use the same plugin in the queueSort extension point and have the same configuration parameters (if applicable). This is because the scheduler only has one pending pods queue.

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