Learning Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (2022)
1h 18mIntermediate2022-06-02
Authors
Richard Hooper
Microsoft Azure Cloud Native Advocate, Microsoft MVP, and CKA
Course details
Kubernetes has become the gold standard for containerized infrastructure. As an open-source system, it scales quickly and with ease. In this course, instructor Richard Hooper shows you how to use Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to create a secure, robust, and agile containerized application platform.
Explore the concepts and skills you need to know to get AKS deployed at speed. Get tips on managing and monitoring your AKS cluster to ensure its workloads are healthy and secure. Along the way, Richard walks you through best practices for ongoing container maintenance and success, including diagnosing and solving problems with your cluster by using Azure Policy, Microsoft Defender for Containers, and role-based access control.
Explore the concepts and skills you need to know to get AKS deployed at speed. Get tips on managing and monitoring your AKS cluster to ensure its workloads are healthy and secure. Along the way, Richard walks you through best practices for ongoing container maintenance and success, including diagnosing and solving problems with your cluster by using Azure Policy, Microsoft Defender for Containers, and role-based access control.
Skills covered
KubernetesDevOps ToolsAzureDevOpsNetwork AdministrationCloud PlatformsLearningNetwork and System AdministrationCloud ComputingOpen SourceMicrosoft
Concepts
Introduction
- Azure Kubernetes Service - What you need to know to get ahead
- What you should know
Getting Started with Azure Kubernetes Service
- Overview of AKS
- Network types for AKS
- Create an AKS cluster using the portal
- Create an AKS cluster using the CLI
- Overview of AKS in the Azure portal
- Connect to the AKS cluster
Manage and Maintain an AKS Cluster
- Upgrade the AKS control plane
- Upgrade an AKS node pool
- Apply security updates to a node
- Creating a new node pool
- Configure autoscaling
- Overview of AKS add-ons
Monitoring Your AKS Cluster
- Enable container insights on your AKS cluster
- Overview of container insights
- Diagnose and solve problems
Secure Your AKS Cluster
- Enable Azure Policy for AKS
- Overview of Azure Policy for AKS
- Enable Microsoft Defender for Containers
- Overview of Microsoft Defender for Containers
- Role-based access control (RBAC) and AKS
Conclusion
- Next steps