Prerequisites
i. Azure CLI installed: az version
ii. Login Azure: az login
iii. Login to ACR: _az acr login –name
STEP 1: Create AKS Cluster
The command below will create a 2-node cluster (you can adjust as needed):
az aks create –resource-group devops-rg –name myAKSCluster –node-count 2 –enable-addons monitoring –generate-ssh-keys
STEP 2: Connecting AKS to ACR
This lets your cluster pull container images securely.
az aks update –resource-group devops-rg –name myAKSCluster –attach-acr
STEP 3: Get AKS Credentials for kubectl
This will download the kubeconfig locally.
az aks get-credentials –resource-group devops-rg –name myAKSCluster
STEP 4: Verify Connection
Check if kubectl can see your nodes:
kubectl get nodes
STEP 6: Verify Namespaces
It shows a default system namespaces:
kubectl get namespaces
STEP 7 (Optional): Enable Autoscaling
This enables automatic node scaling:
az aks update –resource-group devops-rg –name myAKSCluster –enable-cluster-autoscaler –min-count 1 –max-count 5
STEP 8: Create Deployment
kubectl create deployment myapp –image=myapp
STEP 9: Update &Restart the Deployment image
kubectl edit deployment myapp
N:B: Edit image: myapp with your ACR LOGIN SERVER i.e image: image: .azurecr.io/myapp:latest
kubectl rollout restart deployment myapp
Check pods
kubectl get pods
STEP 10: Expose deployment
kubectl expose deployment myapp –port=80 –target-port=3000 –type=LoadBalancer
STEP 11:* Get services
kubectl get service myapp
STEP 12: Test in browser
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