Reading Time: 2 minutes I 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 Read more…
Reading Time: 3 minutes For 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 Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutes As we know hybrid cloud adoption varies across the industry. And whether or not you’re planning to go hybrid or fully to the cloud, Microsoft is slowly nudging sysadmins there with changes in its tech solutions and licensing models anyhow. Read more…
Reading Time: 3 minutes If, 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 Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minute The previously published SysAdmin Horror Stories Vol.1 and Vol.2 highlighted some of SysAdmins’ funniest and most horrifying stories. They proved so successful, that Altaro decided to produce a third and final edition: they’ve gathered some more real-life stories to share Read more…
Reading Time: 4 minutes The 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 Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutes Recently I have been going through the AKS-Preview az cli extension and found reference to a GitOps AKS addon. I have been waiting for something like this to come to AKS for a long time. In fact, it is already Read more…
Reading Time: 4 minutes If like me, you have been working with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) or any Kubernetes cluster and want to assign a DNS record to an ingress resource you must manually do it or script something using Azure CLI. Yes, I Read more…
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you have been following along with my blog, you may have come across some previous posts about updating Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). One (https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2019/05/apply-os-updates-to-aks-nodes-without-an-upgrade/) talked about kured (KUbernetes REboot Daemon) by weaveworks https://github.com/weaveworks/kured. The issue with this method is Read more…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Did you know that even when you have enabled Azure AD integration with your AKS cluster, a subscription Owner and Contributor can still access you AKS cluster with the -admin switch? In fact, anyone who is a member of the Read more…