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Azure Container Services Docs – Weekly Update (2025-11-09 to 2025-11-16)
The most meaningful Azure Kubernetes Service, Container Registry, Application Gateway for Containers, and Fleet Manager documentation changes from the last 7 days. Summaries are AI-filtered to skip trivial edits.
📊 Updates this week: AGC (7), AKS (29)
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 18:11This article provides an overview of Flatcar Container Linux for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), detailing its benefits, limitations, and how to deploy it in AKS clusters. It emphasizes the security and reliability features of Flatcar, which is available in preview as an OS option on AKS.
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 23:06The documentation now includes a new section on Pod Security Standards in Deployment Safeguards for AKS Automatic, which are enabled by default. Users must ensure their workloads comply with these Baseline Pod Security requirements, including specific policies and error messages related to AppArmor, Host Namespaces, Privileged Containers, and more, to avoid deployment issues. This change emphasize…
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 18:11The documentation now specifies that users must install Azure Container Storage (version 1.x.x) on their AKS cluster, which requires the new version pinning parameter `–container-storage-version 1` during installation. Additionally, the tutorial has been updated to reflect that users will be deploying Azure Container Storage (version 1.x.x) and includes relevant changes in the commands and descri…
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General · AGC · updated: 2025-11-11 16:06The documentation now clarifies that enabling the Web Application Firewall (WAF) on Application Gateway for Containers will incur higher billing rates for each meter, along with increased capacity unit usage. The pricing table has been updated to reflect the new rates, showing the cost per application gateway for container-hour, frontend-hour, association-hour, and capacity unit-hour, both with an…
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-09 12:02The documentation now includes a note indicating that CloudNativePG will deprecate native Barman Cloud support in favor of the Barman Cloud plugin in an upcoming release. Users are advised to plan for migration to the plugin once it stabilizes, while the current steps in the guide remain functional. Additionally, the formatting of endpoint descriptions has been updated for clarity.
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 18:11The documentation now includes updated information regarding the support status of specific Linux distributions for Confidential Virtual Machines (CVM) in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Users can see that Flatcar Container Linux and Azure Linux with OS Guard are not supported for CVM, which may influence their choice of operating system when deploying workloads requiring enhanced confidentiality…
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General · AGC · updated: 2025-11-11 16:06Minor documentation maintenance updates.
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General · AGC · updated: 2025-11-11 16:06Minor documentation maintenance updates.
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 18:11The documentation for creating Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters has been updated to include new sections for creating node pools with Azure Linux with OS Guard and Flatcar Container Linux, both in preview. Users can now follow detailed steps to install the `aks-preview` extension, register feature flags, and create clusters and node pools using specific commands, including the ability to sp…
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-09 23:01The documentation now emphasizes that users should create and manage their own PodMonitor for the CNPG operator, as the operator-managed PodMonitor is being deprecated. Additionally, the ConfigMap deployment instructions have been updated to reflect the removal of the `ENABLE_AZURE_PVC_UPDATES` toggle, introducing new parameters like `CLUSTERS_ROLLOUT_DELAY` and `STANDBY_TCP_USER_TIMEOUT` to enhan…
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General · AGC · updated: 2025-11-10 17:39Minor documentation maintenance updates.
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General · AGC · updated: 2025-11-11 16:06The ALB Controller release notes have been updated to include improvements for version 1.8.12, specifically highlighting enhancements to the Web Application Firewall (WAF). Users can now benefit from these WAF improvements, which may enhance security and performance for applications using the ALB Controller. Additionally, the release notes for version 1.8.9 remain unchanged, detailing features lik…
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-09 23:01The documentation now includes a reference to Local Redirect Policy (LRP) in the feature support matrix for Azure CNI powered by Cilium, confirming that it is supported. This enhancement allows users to understand that LRP enables pods to route traffic directly to local endpoints on the same node, which can reduce latency for services such as DNS and health probes. Additionally, the documentation…
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 18:11The documentation now highlights that the Teleport (preview) feature on AKS will be retired on July 15, 2025, urging users to migrate to Artifact Streaming (preview) or update their node pools with the `–aks-custom-headers EnableACRTeleport=false` parameter. Additionally, it specifies that after the retirement date, AKS node pools with Teleport enabled may face breakage and provisioning failures,…
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 18:11The documentation now clarifies that both Flatcar Container Linux and Azure Linux with OS Guard are not supported with NVIDIA GPU on AKS, providing users with important compatibility information. Additionally, the link for the `az-vm-list-skus` command has been updated to direct users to the correct documentation path, ensuring they have access to accurate and relevant information.
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 18:11The AKS documentation now includes support for two new optimized Linux OS options: Azure Linux OS Guard and Flatcar Container Linux, both in preview. These options enhance security by providing immutable operating systems that cannot be modified at runtime, ensuring that user workloads run in isolated environments. Additionally, the documentation clarifies the benefits of these OS options, includi…
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-09 12:02The documentation now clarifies that users must ensure their cluster is using VM SKUs that support local NVMe drives, specifically mentioning Storage optimized and GPU accelerated VM SKUs. Additionally, it emphasizes that the instructions require Azure Container Storage version 2.0.0 or later, which may impact users’ setup and configuration processes.
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 18:11The documentation now includes a new "Limitations" section that specifies that the NVIDIA GPU Operator is not supported on Windows Server versions, Flatcar Container Linux for AKS (preview), and Azure Linux with OS Guard for AKS (preview). This update clarifies the operating system compatibility for users deploying the NVIDIA GPU Operator in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 18:11The documentation now clarifies that the `Unmanaged` option for OS updates does not support Azure Linux with OS Guard on AKS, providing users with clearer guidance on compatibility. Additionally, it specifies that the `SecurityPatch` option is not supported on Flatcar Container Linux for AKS and Azure Linux with OS Guard, which helps users make informed decisions about their node configurations. T…
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Operations · AKS · updated: 2025-11-11 06:01This document outlines how to troubleshoot the agentic CLI for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), providing insights into common issues and performance improvements. It includes detailed instructions for using the CLI effectively.
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 18:11The document updates users on the deprecation of Ubuntu 18.04 support in AKS and outlines the timeline for Azure Linux 2.0 retirement. It provides guidance on migrating to supported versions to ensure continued security updates and functionality.
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-09 12:02This document acknowledges contributions from EnterpriseDB and highlights the collaborative effort in developing the CloudNativePG operator documentation, enhancing the technical quality of the content.
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General · AGC · updated: 2025-11-11 16:06The document updates the Application Gateway ALB Controller version and the associated date, ensuring users have the latest information for deploying the application gateway in AKS.
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Compliance · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 18:11This article clarifies that FIPS is not supported with Flatcar Container Linux for AKS, providing users with important compliance information regarding the use of this OS option.
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 18:11This quickstart guide details how to deploy an AKS cluster with Flatcar Container Linux using Azure CLI, providing step-by-step instructions and enhancing user understanding of the deployment process.
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-11 06:01Learn about the agentic CLI for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and its features, best practices, security considerations, how to get started, and more.
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 23:06Learn how to configure external identity providers for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) using structured authentication and JWT authenticators.
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-11 06:01Learn how to install, configure, and use the agentic CLI for AKS to troubleshoot clusters and get intelligent insights using natural language.
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 23:06Learn about structured authentication for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and how to configure external identity providers for control plane access.
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 18:11Learn how to quickly deploy a Kubernetes cluster with Flatcar Container Linux for AKS (preview) using an Azure Resource Manager template and deploy an application in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
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Operations · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 18:11The documentation now specifies that the Azure Linux OS Guard SKU is supported in Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above, and that upgrades for Azure Linux with OS Guard are conducted through node image upgrades. Additionally, it clarifies that Flatcar is supported in all Kubernetes versions and also undergoes upgrades via node image upgrades. Users can refer to the updated links for more detailed inf…
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Security · AKS · updated: 2025-11-13 20:02The documentation now includes a new security bulletin (AKS-2025-0012) detailing vulnerabilities related to runc, specifically CVE-2025-31133, CVE-2025-52565, and CVE-2025-52881. Users are advised to upgrade their Linux node image versions to 202511.07.0 or later to mitigate these vulnerabilities, as newer node image versions have been rolled out.
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General · AGC · updated: 2025-11-11 16:06The documentation now specifies that the WAF policy for Application Gateway for Containers must reside in the same subscription and region as the resource. Additionally, it clarifies that only Default Rule Set (DRS) managed rules are supported, and Bot Manager Ruleset versions 1.0 and 1.1 are the only supported versions, while Bot Manager Ruleset 0.1 is not. Users should also note that actions suc…
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 18:11The documentation now clarifies that `AzureLinux`, `Windows`, `AzureLinuxOSGuard`, and `flatcar` are not supported with AMD GPU in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). This update provides users with a more comprehensive understanding of the limitations regarding AMD GPU compatibility across different operating systems in AKS.
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-09 12:02Minor documentation maintenance updates.
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General · AKS · updated: 2025-11-10 18:11The documentation now clarifies that Flatcar Container Linux for AKS does not support Trusted Launch. Users should refer to the updated sections for more information on compatibility and alternatives regarding operating systems in AKS.
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