2. Getting started with Azure Kubernetes Service
Installing and maintaining Kubernetes clusters correctly and securely is difficult. Thankfully, all the major cloud providers, such as Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), facilitate installing and maintaining clusters. In this chapter, you will navigate through the Azure portal, launch your own cluster, and run a sample application. You will accomplish all of this from your browser.
The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
- Creating a new Azure free account
- Creating and launching your first cluster
- Deploying and inspecting your first demo application
Let's start by looking at different ways to create an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster, and then we will run our sample application.