Deploying the cluster

In order to deploy the Kubernetes cluster from the Azure resource manager template, we will use the az group deployment create command. This Azure CLI command requires passing the ARM template (_output\<dnsPrefix>\azuredeploy.json) and the ARM parameters file (_output\<dnsPrefix>\azuredeploy.parameters.json). To deploy the cluster, perform the following steps:

1. Execute the command:

az group deployment create `
   --name kubernetes-windows-cluster `
   --resource-group aks-engine-windows-resource-group `
   --template-file ".\_output\<dnsPrefix>\azuredeploy.json" `
   --parameters ".\_output\<dnsPrefix>\azuredeploy.parameters.json"

If you run into any problems, you can check the ARM Deployment failure details in the Azure portal by navigating to your resource group and clicking the Deployment: Failed link in the upper...