diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba3b3e3..258a376 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ Climate change science has witnessed an explosion in the amount and types of dat
 ```bash
 $ helm repo add ncsa https://opensource.ncsa.illinois.edu/charts/
 $ helm repo add bitnami https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitnami/charts/pre-2022/bitnami
+$ helm repo add kedacore https://kedacore.github.io/charts
+$ helm repo update
 $ helm dependency build
+$ helm install keda kedacore/keda
 $ helm install pecan ncsa/pecan
 ```
 
diff --git a/templates/models/deployment.yaml b/templates/models/deployment.yaml
index 49c1c45..6243445 100644
--- a/templates/models/deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/models/deployment.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: {{ $fullname }}-model-{{ $key }}
   labels:
-    {{ $labels | indent 4 }}
+{{ $labels | indent 4 }}
 spec:
   replicas: {{ .replicaCount }}
   selector:
diff --git a/templates/models/keda-scaledObject.yaml b/templates/models/keda-scaledObject.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..246c2a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/models/keda-scaledObject.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{{- if .Values.models }}
+{{- $fullname := include "pecan.fullname" . }}
+{{- range $key, $val := .Values.models }}
+{{- if .enabled }}
+---
+apiVersion: keda.sh/v1alpha1
+kind: ScaledObject
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ $fullname }}-model-{{ $key }}-scaledobject"
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  scaleTargetRef:
+    apiVersion: apps/v1
+    kind: Deployment
+    name: {{ $fullname }}-model-{{ $key }}
+    envSourceContainerName: {{ $.Chart.Name }}-model-{{ $key }}
+  minReplicaCount: {{ .minReplicaCount }}
+  maxReplicaCount: {{ .maxReplicaCount }}
+  triggers:
+  - type: rabbitmq
+    metadata:
+      protocol: http
+      queueName: "{{ .queuename }}"
+      mode: MessageRate
+      value: "10"
+      vhostName: /
+    authenticationRef:
+      name: {{ $.Values.keda.rabbitmq.name }}-triger-auth
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/templates/models/keda-secret.yaml b/templates/models/keda-secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39162be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/models/keda-secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.keda.rabbitmq.name }}-secret
+data:
+  host: {{ .Values.keda.rabbitmq.host }} # base64 encoded value of connection string
diff --git a/templates/models/keda-trigger-auth.yaml b/templates/models/keda-trigger-auth.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98eae7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/models/keda-trigger-auth.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: keda.sh/v1alpha1
+kind: TriggerAuthentication
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.keda.rabbitmq.name }}-triger-auth
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  secretTargetRef:
+    - parameter: host
+      name: {{ .Values.keda.rabbitmq.name }}-secret
+      key: host
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 1ca2494..d39ec7e 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -56,22 +56,37 @@ models:
     enabled: true
     image: model-biocro-0.95
     replicaCount: 1
+    minReplicaCount: 1
+    maxReplicaCount: 5
+    queuename: BIOCRO_0.95
   ed2-2-2-0:
     enabled: true
     image: model-ed2-2.2.0
     replicaCount: 1
+    minReplicaCount: 1
+    maxReplicaCount: 5
+    queuename: ED2_2.2.0
   maespa-git:
     enabled: true
     image: model-maespa-git
     replicaCount: 1
+    minReplicaCount: 1
+    maxReplicaCount: 5
+    queuename: MAESPA_git
   sipnet-git:
     enabled: true
     image: model-sipnet-git
     replicaCount: 1
+    minReplicaCount: 1
+    maxReplicaCount: 5
+    queuename: SIPNET_git
   sipnet-136:
     enabled: true
     image: model-sipnet-r136
     replicaCount: 1
+    minReplicaCount: 1
+    maxReplicaCount: 5
+    queuename: SIPNET_r136
 
 ## -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ## BETYDB APPLICATION
@@ -346,3 +361,15 @@ affinity: {}
 ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/#affinity-and-anti-affinity
 hooks:
   affinity: {}
+
+## -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+## KEDA RabbitMQ Configuration
+## -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+keda:
+  rabbitmq:
+    name: "rabbitmq"
+    ## Base64 rabbitmq host path in the form of PROTOCOL://<RABBITMQ_USER>:RABBITMQ_PASSWORD@RABBITMQ_HOST/vhost
+    ## e.g. echo -n 'http://guest:guest@pecan-rabbitmq.default:15672//' | base64
+    host: aHR0cDovL2d1ZXN0Omd1ZXN0QHBlY2FuLXJhYmJpdG1xLmRlZmF1bHQ6MTU2NzIvLw==
+