Azure Kubernetes Service

Deploy managed Kubernetes clusters on Azure.

Create Cluster

az aks create \
  --resource-group mygroup \
  --name myakscluster \
  --node-count 3 \
  --node-vm-size Standard_B2s \
  --enable-managed-identity \
  --generate-ssh-keys

# Get credentials
az aks get-credentials --resource-group mygroup --name myakscluster

Node Pools

az aks nodepool add \
  --resource-group mygroup \
  --cluster-name myakscluster \
  --name gpupool \
  --node-count 1 \
  --node-vm-size Standard_NC6

Enable Add-ons

# Enable monitoring
az aks enable-addons \
  --resource-group mygroup \
  --name myakscluster \
  --addons monitoring

# Enable Azure Policy
az aks enable-addons \
  --resource-group mygroup \
  --name myakscluster \
  --addons azure-policy

Best Practices

• Use managed identity
• Enable Azure CNI for networking
• Implement pod identity
• Use node pools for workload isolation
• Enable cluster autoscaler