In the previous chapter, we explored the world of container virtualization, especially Docker containers. In this chapter, it's all about managing containerized workloads using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
This chapter is different from all the other chapters in this book. Until now, in every chapter, it was about infrastructure and providing a platform: the classic system administrator working in the cloud. Even the Chapter 9, Container Virtualization in Azure has more about questions such as "How can we install Docker?" and "How do we get the container up and running?" The questions I'll answer in this chapter are the following:
- How can we deploy and manage our workload, during the development phase and afterwards?
- How can we scale up/down?
- What are the availability options?
Kubernetes provides an important...