A production Kubernetes cluster can often be complex to install and configure. This type of installation requires the availability of servers, human resources who have the requisite skills regarding the installation and management of a K8S cluster, and especially the implementation of an enhanced security policy to protect the applications.
To overcome these problems, cloud providers offer managed Kubernetes cluster services. This is the case with Amazon with EKS, Google with Kubernetes Engine, and finally, Azure with AKS. In this section, I propose an overview of AKS, while also highlighting the advantages of a managed Kubernetes cluster.
AKS is, therefore, an Azure service that allows us to create and manage a real Kubernetes cluster as a managed service.
The advantage of this managed Kubernetes cluster is that we don't have to worry about its hardware installation...
