Pixel Robots. https://pixelrobots.co.uk/ A blog about Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and more... Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:48:13 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-logohead-32x32.png Pixel Robots. https://pixelrobots.co.uk/ 32 32 Container Network Insight Agent for AKS is Now in Public Preview https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/04/container-network-insight-agent-for-aks-is-now-in-public-preview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=container-network-insight-agent-for-aks-is-now-in-public-preview https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/04/container-network-insight-agent-for-aks-is-now-in-public-preview/#respond Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:48:10 +0000 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/?p=41536 Reading Time: 10 minutesI spotted this one via the AKS Docs Tracker I built and run here on pixelrobots.co.uk. It picked up new docs appearing under the AKS section and this one caught my eye immediately. Microsoft has shipped a public preview of something called Container Network Insight Agent, and it is genuinely […]

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]]> https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/04/container-network-insight-agent-for-aks-is-now-in-public-preview/feed/ 0 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/thumbnail-360-×-240-px.png AKS Cluster Health Monitor Now in Preview https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/03/aks-cluster-health-monitor-now-in-preview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aks-cluster-health-monitor-now-in-preview https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/03/aks-cluster-health-monitor-now-in-preview/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:59:19 +0000 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/?p=41442 Reading Time: 4 minutesI picked this up from my AKS Docs Tracker when the docs page for Cluster Health Monitor appeared. It is currently in preview, but it is one of the more operationally interesting things Microsoft has quietly added to AKS in a while. This is not a dashboard feature. It is […]

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]]> https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/03/aks-cluster-health-monitor-now-in-preview/feed/ 0 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/thumbnail-360-×-240-px-54.png Azure Kubernetes Application Network Preview https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/03/azure-kubernetes-application-network-preview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=azure-kubernetes-application-network-preview https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/03/azure-kubernetes-application-network-preview/#respond Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:00:35 +0000 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/?p=41357 Reading Time: 8 minutesI have been waiting for something like this for a while. If you run AKS at any meaningful scale, one of the hardest problems you eventually hit is the multi-cluster networking story. How do services across clusters discover each other? How do you enforce mTLS across cluster boundaries? How do […]

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]]> https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/03/azure-kubernetes-application-network-preview/feed/ 0 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/thumbnail-360-×-240-px-53.png AKS App Routing Istio Support Has Landed in the CLI. Here Is How to Test It. https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/03/aks-app-routing-istio-support-has-landed-in-the-cli-here-is-how-to-test-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aks-app-routing-istio-support-has-landed-in-the-cli-here-is-how-to-test-it https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/03/aks-app-routing-istio-support-has-landed-in-the-cli-here-is-how-to-test-it/#respond Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:19:40 +0000 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/?p=41329 Reading Time: 5 minutesI spotted something land in the Azure CLI extensions repo this week. PR #9669 adds CLI support for App Routing Istio, including new --enable-app-routing-istio flags on az aks create and az aks update, plus dedicated az aks approuting gateway istio enable and disable subcommands in the aks-preview extension. The PR […]

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]]> https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/03/aks-app-routing-istio-support-has-landed-in-the-cli-here-is-how-to-test-it/feed/ 0 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/thumbnail-360-×-240-px-1.png The AKS Book Is Out. Every AKS Decision That Will Save You a Cluster Rebuild. https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/03/the-aks-book-is-out-every-aks-decision-that-will-save-you-a-cluster-rebuild/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-aks-book-is-out-every-aks-decision-that-will-save-you-a-cluster-rebuild https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/03/the-aks-book-is-out-every-aks-decision-that-will-save-you-a-cluster-rebuild/#respond Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:17:26 +0000 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/?p=41287 Reading Time: 5 minutesI’ve been running AKS clusters in production for a long time. I’ve seen the same patterns play out over and over, someone stands up a cluster, it works great in dev, and then six months later they’re rebuilding the whole thing because a networking decision made on day one turned […]

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]]> https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/03/the-aks-book-is-out-every-aks-decision-that-will-save-you-a-cluster-rebuild/feed/ 0 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/thumbnail-360-×-240-px-50.png Installing Envoy Gateway on AKS: Three Ways to Configure Your Gateway https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/02/installing-envoy-gateway-on-aks-three-ways-to-configure-your-gateway/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=installing-envoy-gateway-on-aks-three-ways-to-configure-your-gateway https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/02/installing-envoy-gateway-on-aks-three-ways-to-configure-your-gateway/#respond Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:48:19 +0000 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/?p=41218 Reading Time: 8 minutesAfter writing about Ingress NGINX retiring in March 2026, I recommended a two-phase migration approach. Start with Application Routing add-on for quick stability, then migrate to Envoy Gateway as the long-term strategic choice. Several readers asked for more detail on the Envoy Gateway piece, specifically around installation and the different configuration […]

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]]> https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/02/installing-envoy-gateway-on-aks-three-ways-to-configure-your-gateway/feed/ 0 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/thumbnail-360-×-240-px-48.png AKS Node Pool Rollback Now in Preview https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/02/aks-node-pool-rollback-now-in-preview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aks-node-pool-rollback-now-in-preview https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/02/aks-node-pool-rollback-now-in-preview/#respond Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:38:00 +0000 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/?p=41190 Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’ve all been there. You upgrade a node pool, something breaks in production, and you’re left deciding whether to push forward with a fix or try to undo what you just did. Until recently, “undoing” a Kubernetes version upgrade in AKS wasn’t a first-class operation. You’d be looking at manual […]

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]]> https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/02/aks-node-pool-rollback-now-in-preview/feed/ 0 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/thumbnail-360-×-240-px.png Ingress NGINX Is Retiring in March 2026: What This Means for AKS Users https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2025/12/ingress-nginx-is-retiring-in-march-2026-what-this-means-for-aks-users/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ingress-nginx-is-retiring-in-march-2026-what-this-means-for-aks-users https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2025/12/ingress-nginx-is-retiring-in-march-2026-what-this-means-for-aks-users/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:44:21 +0000 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/?p=40938 Reading Time: 10 minutesWhilst at KubeCon Atlanta, the Kubernetes project announced something significant: Ingress NGINX is being retired in March 2026. The project is winding down the controller due to insufficient maintainership and mounting technical debt. Since the announcement, I’ve been asked by a lot of people what this means for AKS users specifically. […]

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]]> https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2025/12/ingress-nginx-is-retiring-in-march-2026-what-this-means-for-aks-users/feed/ 2 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/thumbnail-360-×-240-px-47.png Exploring AKS Hosted System Pools in Automatic SKU (Preview) https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2025/11/exploring-aks-hosted-system-pools-in-automatic-sku-preview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exploring-aks-hosted-system-pools-in-automatic-sku-preview https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2025/11/exploring-aks-hosted-system-pools-in-automatic-sku-preview/#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:37:42 +0000 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/?p=40676 Reading Time: 5 minutesRecently while browsing through the Azure CLI extensions repo (yes, that’s how I spend my evenings), I stumbled across a pair of pull requests that made me sit up and pay attention. Azure is adding --enable-hosted-system to AKS Automatic, and honestly, this is the kind of feature that makes me excited about […]

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]]> https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2025/11/exploring-aks-hosted-system-pools-in-automatic-sku-preview/feed/ 0 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/thumbnail-360-×-240-px-44.png Flatcar Container Linux on AKS: First Look https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2025/11/flatcar-container-linux-on-aks-first-look/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flatcar-container-linux-on-aks-first-look https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2025/11/flatcar-container-linux-on-aks-first-look/#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://pixelrobots.co.uk/?p=40736 Reading Time: 6 minutesRecently I spotted something new in the AKS CLI preview. Flatcar showed up as a valid OS SKU for Linux node pools. As someone who’s been running AKS clusters for years, I was curious to see what this CNCF-backed immutable OS brings to the table, so I spun up a […]

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