You're reading from Hands-on Kubernetes on Azure, Third Edition Use Azure Kubernetes Service to automate management, scaling, and deployment of containerized applications

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801079945

Length 528 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Containerization

Authors (3):

Gunther Lenz

Nills Franssens

Shivakumar Gopalakrishnan

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

Hands-on Kubernetes on Azure – Third Edition

Foreword

Section 1: The Basics FREE CHAPTER

1. Introduction to containers and Kubernetes

2. Getting started with Azure Kubernetes Service

Section 2: Deploying on AKS

3. Application deployment on AKS

4. Building scalable applications

5. Handling common failures in AKS

6. Securing your application with HTTPS

7. Monitoring the AKS cluster and the application

Section 3: Securing your AKS cluster and workloads

8. Role-based access control in AKS

9. Azure Active Directory pod‑managed identities in AKS

10. Storing secrets in AKS

11. Network security in AKS

Section 4: Integrating with Azure managed services

12. Connecting an application to an Azure database

13. Azure Security Center for Kubernetes

14. Serverless functions

15. Continuous integration and continuous deployment for AKS

Index

12. Connecting an application to an Azure database

In previous chapters, you stored the state of your application in your cluster, either on a Redis cluster or on MariaDB. You might remember that both had some issues when it came to high availability. This chapter will take you through the process of connecting to a MySQL database managed by Azure.

We will discuss the benefits of using a hosted database rather than running StatefulSets on Kubernetes. To create this hosted and managed database, you will make use of Azure Service Operator (ASO). ASO is a way to create Azure resources, such as a managed MySQL database, from within a Kubernetes cluster. In this chapter, you will learn more details about the ASO project, and you will set up and configure ASO on your cluster.

You will then make use of ASO to create a MySQL database in Azure. You will use this managed database as part of a WordPress application. This will show you how you can connect an application...