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Terraform: Create an AKS Cluster

Latest Cloud News: Kubernetes, Terraform, Teams Multi-Login and more! (November 5, 2020 – Build5Nines Weekly) 1

While there are several ways to host container workloads in Azure, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) provides the easiest way to deploy Kubernetes for teams needing a full orchestration solution.  AKS seems to gain new features every week. Depending on your needs deploying a repeatable, consistent AKS configuration can be challenging.  Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform bring this complexity under control (source control, that is!) Let’s take a look at spinning up an AKS cluster using Terraform.

The AKS cluster in this guide supports the following features:

  • AKS-managed Azure Active Directory integration
  • Azure Monitor for Containers
  • Automatic AKS version upgrades
  • Separate node pools for user and system workloads
  • A system assigned managed cluster identity
  • Autoscaling node pools
  • Availability Zone Configuration
  • Azure Policy for Kubernetes

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Blog Articles

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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Serverless and Functions as a Service (FaaS)

Software as a Service (SaaS)

DevOps

Data

Internet of Things (IoT)

Machine Learning (ML) / Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Development

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes, Service Fabric, etc)

Security, Identity, and Privacy

Azure Stack

Learning / Training / Certification

Hardware

Linux

Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality

Other

Videos

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Podcast

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Azure Service Updates

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Chris Pietschmann is a Microsoft MVP, HashiCorp Ambassador, and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) with 20+ years of experience designing and building Cloud & Enterprise systems. He has worked with companies of all sizes from startups to large enterprises. He has a passion for technology and sharing what he learns with others to help enable them to learn faster and be more productive.
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