Mastering Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

This book teaches you how to build, deploy, and manage the Azure Kubernetes service cluster on both Linux and Windows operating systems. It includes new capabilities of Kubernetes like server less Kubernetes using virtual kubelet and Kubernetes based event-driven autoscaling (keda). the book builds strong hold on foundational concepts of containers and Kubernetes. It explores the container-based offerings on Azure and looks at all necessary Azure container-based services required to work on Azure Kubernetes service. It deals with creating an Azure Kubernetes cluster, deploying to the cluster, performing operational activities on the cluster, and monitoring and troubleshooting issues on the cluster. You will explore different options and tool sets like kubectl commands, Azure CLI commands, and helm charts to work on the Azure Kubernetes service cluster. Furthermore, it covers advanced areas like server less Kubernetes using virtual kubelet, Kubernetes based event-driven autoscaling (keda), and the Azure Kubernetes service cluster on Windows. It explains how to build Azure DevOps pipelines for deployments on Azure Kubernetes service. By the end of this book, you become proficient in Azure Kubernetes service and equips yourself with all the necessary skills to design and build production-grade containerized solutions using Azure Kubernetes service.