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Deploying an AKS cluster using the Azure portal

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Here you’ll learn AKS, Azure Kubernetes Service is a managed Kubernetes service that allows you to quickly deploy and manage clusters. On this page, you deploy an AKS cluster with the help of the Azure portal. A multi-container application that incorporates a web front end and a Redis instance. So, let’s begin.

Signing in to Azure

First of all, sign in to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.

Creating an AKS cluster

In order to create an AKS cluster, follow these steps:

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  1. First of all, select Create a resource.
  2. Secondly, select Containers > Kubernetes Service.
  3. Now, configure the following possibilities:
    • Project details: Select an Azure Subscription, then create an Azure Resource group.
    • Cluster details: Enter a Kubernetes cluster name, and later select a Region, Kubernetes version, and DNS name prefix for the AKS cluster.
    • Primary node pool: Select a VM Node size for the AKS nodes.
  1. Click Next: Scale when complete.
  2. At the bottom of the screen, click Next: Authentication.
  3. On the Authentication page, do the following steps:
    • Creating a new service principal by leaving the Service Principal field with a (new) default service principal.
    • Enabling the option for Kubernetes role-based access control (RBAC).
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By default, Basic networking is required, and Azure Monitor for containers is enabled. After then, click Review + create and then Create when validation completes.

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Connecting to the AKS cluster

To maintain a Kubernetes cluster, use kubectl, the Kubernetes command-line client. The kubectl the client is pre-installed in the Azure Cloud Shell.

Open Cloud Shell using the >_ button on the top of the Azure portal.

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Running the application

A Kubernetes manifest file describes the desired state for the cluster. This includes two Kubernetes deployments – one for the sample Azure Vote Python applications. Also, two Kubernetes Services are created – an internal service for the Redis instance. And external service to reach the Azure Vote application from the internet.

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Reference: Microsoft Documentation

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