Azure Kubernetes Service

Deploy and manage production-grade Kubernetes clusters on Azure with AKS. Covers cluster creation, node pool management, networking, ingress controllers, monitoring, security, and Terraform-based provisioning.

When to Use

• You need managed Kubernetes without maintaining control plane infrastructure.
• Your workloads require container orchestration with auto-scaling.
• You need tight integration with Azure AD, Key Vault, and Container Registry.
• You are running microservices that require service mesh, ingress, or network policies.
• You need GPU or spot node pools for specialized or cost-optimized workloads.

Prerequisites

# Install Azure CLI and kubectl
curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash
az aks install-cli