Reading Time: 5 minutesIf you have seen some of my previous blog post about Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) then you will have noticed that I always build my AKS cluster with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) integration. I.e. an Azure AD Server and Client Application. This helps me manage access to my cluster Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesI created my AKS cluster about a year ago. Back then container insights was not a thing. Now it is and it’s so good and makes life a bit easier. But at first, I was unable to use it I kept getting an error. After some googling, I came across Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesI have been using AKS for a while now, maybe a year or so and recently I have needed the ability to auto-scale the cluster. Unfortunately, my old AKS cluster was one that used availability sets and not Node Pools (VMSS) which meant I was not able to auto-scale the Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou may not know, but by default, AKS clusters are created with a service principal and that service principal has a one-year expiration time. Luckily there is an easy solution to update the credentials and this blog post is going to show you how to do it! Note: You will Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe more I use AKS the more cool things I find. This article is one of them. So when AKS is created Azure creates a special resource group for all of the resources like load balancers, vmss, etc. This resource group starts with MC_. When you create a service in Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is currently in preview On Friday 17th May 2019 Microsoft announced the support for Windows Containers in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). This is something I have personally been waiting for. Below you will find a guide on adding a simple IIS server running on a Windows core container to Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesMicrosoft protects our AKS clusters by applying OS security and/or kernel updates automatically to the nodes in our cluster. You will find some of the updates will need a reboot to complete. As part of this patching, Microsoft does not reboot our nodes. You could do an AKS upgrade, this Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this article, i am going to walk through how to create an Azure container registry using the Azure CLI. I will also show you how to grant permission for your AKS cluster to connect to the ACR. Create the ACR First make sure you are logged in to Azure Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you are using RBAC on your AKS cluster you will probably see a screen like the one below when you try to access the Kubernetes Dashboard. This is because you do not have access to the dashboard. Luckily its an easy fix. In your bash windows type the following. Read more
Reading Time: 7 minutesIn this article I am going to show you how to build a Role Based Access Controlled (RBAC) Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) cluster using Terraform and Azure Active Directory. At the time of writing this article, when you create an AKS cluster using the portal or terraform RBAC is disabled Read more