Reading Time: 5 minutesHello, cloud enthusiasts! Today, I’m super excited to share some hot news straight from KubeCon North America 2023 and Microsoft Ignite 2023 – a fresh feature in Azure Container Registry (ACR) and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) called Artifact Streaming. If you’re all about optimizing your container setup and speeding up Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesAzure CLI has always been the go-to tool for cloud practitioners working with Microsoft Azure. With the addition of the az aks copilot command, Azure has integrated advanced chat-based assistance directly into the CLI. This command enables users to chat with an expert on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), allowing for Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the ever-evolving world of cloud native technologies, keeping your Kubernetes cluster, including Azure Kubernetes Service (Kubernetes), secure is paramount. On August 31, 2023, Microsoft added Agentless Discovery for Kubernetes to Defender for Containers. This exciting addition allows you to enhance your Kubernetes security without the hassle of installing extra Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you deploy your Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster in a private virtual network (VNET) to enhance security, management of the cluster becomes more complex. But with security this is something we expect. By default, when you use the az aks get-credentials command to configure access to your AKS cluster, Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesIntroduction One crucial aspect of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is the ability to ensure that critical components, such as Daemon Sets, start reliably when the cluster starts in the morning after being off over night to save money. In this blog post, we will explore how you can guarantee that Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou read the title right my new book “Azure Containers Explained” co-authored with Wesley Haakman and published by Packt is out now! In this blog post, we will explore what readers can expect from your book and why it is worth checking out. Containers have become a popular way of Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesI am starting to see GitOps more and more lately especially now it can be easily installed using an AKS cluster extension. Not sure what a cluster extension is? Check out this blog post. https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2022/02/azure-kubernetes-service-aks-addons-and-extensions-who-is-responsible/ One thing I have noticed is that when people have installed flux via the cluster Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor as long as I remember AKS has only officially supported two CNI’s, Kubenet and Azure CNI. That is until 2nd April 2022 when they announced the ability to create an AKS cluster with no CNI. This means you can deploy any CNI you would like. In this blog post Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf, like me, you’ve been using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for a while, you have probably heard of AKS addons. You may have even installed some. But do you actually know how they get updated and whose responsibility it is to do the updates. In this article I’m going to Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe other day someone reached out to me via LinkedIn and asked is it possible to have a Kubernetes deployment deploy on to an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) node pool first and when the node pool is full burst to Azure Container Instances (ACI), or virtual nodes in AKS. Looking Read more