Getting Started with the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Originally published at https://adamtheautomator.com by Goodness Chris-Ugari on November 28, 2022.

You might be aware of the features and capabilities of Kubernetes offers your applications. But you do not have to go through the hassle of installing and managing Kubernetes on your own servers. Why not get started with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)?

AKS is a fully managed container management service that offers you a way to ease up deploying and scaling your applications in Kubernetes. And in this tutorial, you will learn the skills to quickly deploy apps (a managed Kubernetes platform) on Microsoft Azure.

Read on and take advantage of end-to-end deployment, scalability, and availability with AKS!

Prerequisites

This tutorial will be a hands-on demonstration. To follow along, be sure you have the following:

• An Azure account/Azure subscription.
• Azure CLI installed.

Related:Getting Started with the Azure CLI

• A container image — The tutorial uses a simple NodeJS application container image.

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