Deploying AKS

This exercise will help you gain familiarity with AKS. You will deploy your first AKS instance, and then with the corresponding exercises, you will explore the different management components for your instance. Proceed as follows:

1. Sign in to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.
2. Open the resource group you will be using for this exercise, click Overview on the left menu, then click Create from the top menu.
3. Search for Azure Kubernetes Service and click the card. Click Create on the screen that follows:

Figure 14.38: Creating an AKS service

4. Select your resource group.
5. Enter the following cluster detail items:
   • Kubernetes cluster name: myfirstakscluster.
   • Region: Select any region.
   • Availability zones: None.
   • AKS pricing tier: Standard.
   • Kubernetes version: Select the default version (1.27.9 at the time of writing).
   • Automatic upgrade: Disabled.
   • Node security channel type: None.
   • Authentication and Authorization: Azure...