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Hands-On Kubernetes on Azure - Second Edition

By : Nills Franssens, Shivakumar Gopalakrishnan, Gunther Lenz
Book Image

Hands-On Kubernetes on Azure - Second Edition

By: Nills Franssens, Shivakumar Gopalakrishnan, Gunther Lenz

Overview of this book

From managing versioning efficiently to improving security and portability, technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker have greatly helped cloud deployments and application development. Starting with an introduction to Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), this book will guide you through deploying an AKS cluster in different ways. You’ll then explore the Azure portal by deploying a sample guestbook application on AKS and installing complex Kubernetes apps using Helm. With the help of real-world examples, you'll also get to grips with scaling your application and cluster. As you advance, you'll understand how to overcome common challenges in AKS and secure your application with HTTPS and Azure AD (Active Directory). Finally, you’ll explore serverless functions such as HTTP triggered Azure functions and queue triggered functions. By the end of this Kubernetes book, you’ll be well-versed with the fundamentals of Azure Kubernetes Service and be able to deploy containerized workloads on Microsoft Azure with minimal management overhead.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
1
Section 1: The Basics
4
Section 2: Deploying on AKS
10
Section 3: Leveraging advanced Azure PaaS services
15
Index

2. Kubernetes on Azure (AKS)

Installing and maintaining Kubernetes clusters correctly and securely is difficult. Thankfully, all the major cloud providers, such as Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), facilitate installing and maintaining clusters. In this chapter, you will navigate through the Azure portal, launch your own cluster, and run a sample application. All of this will be accomplished from your browser.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Creating a new Azure free account
  • Navigating the Azure portal
  • Launching your first cluster
  • Starting your first application

Let's start by looking at the different ways to create an AKS cluster, and then run our sample application.