- In this module, you learn about the core Kubernetes infrastructure components, including the control plane, node pools, pods, deployments, namespaces, services, ingress, and load balancing in AKS.
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Describe control plane components, node pools, pods, deployments, namespaces, and network access in AKS.
Schedule fault-tolerant application workloads using Azure Kubernetes Service.
Manage core AKS tasks such as deployment and upgrade coordination.
Explain how Kubernetes clusters group nodes that share compute, network, and storage resources.
- Learn how to create a private registry service for building, storing, and managing container images and related artifacts.
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
- Create an Azure container registry instance with the Azure portal.
- Sign-in to the registry instance using the Azure CLI on your local machine.
- Push an image to the registry instance.
- Remove the image from your local Docker environment. View the image in your registry.
- Pull and run the container image from your container registry.
- This module covers the deployment of a managed Kubernetes cluster in Azure using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
- Create an Azure Kubernetes Service cluster.
- Configure Azure Kubernetes Service components.
- Connect to an Azure Kubernetes Service cluster.
- Configure Microsoft Entra ID integration.
- Plan virtual network topology and IP addressing for an AKS cluster.
- Review node and pod scaling options for an AKS cluster.
- Use Azure Policy to enforce policies and safeguards on your Kubernetes clusters at scale. Azure Policy Ensures that your cluster is secure, compliant, and consistent across your organization.
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
Enable and configure Azure Policy for Azure Kubernetes Service.
Assign policy definitions to an Azure Kubernetes Service cluster.
Use namespaces to logically isolate workloads and resources.
Enable host-based encryption for Azure Kubernetes Service agent nodes.
- Provision an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster, enforce pod configuration with Azure Policy, evaluate AKS storage options, configure persistent storage with StorageClasses and PersistentVolumeClaims, and create and update Kubernetes Deployments.
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
- Provision an AKS cluster.
- Install the Azure Policy add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service.
- Assign an Azure Policy initiative to an Azure Kubernetes Service cluster.
- Validate the effect of Azure Policy.
- Select storage options for AKS containerized workloads.
- Configure persistent storage for pods by using StorageClasses and PersistentVolumeClaims.
- Describe why Kubernetes Deployments are preferred over individual pods, and create and update a Deployment in AKS.
- This module covers how to scale applications in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including manually scaling pods or nodes and integrating with Azure Container Instances (ACI).
After completing this module, you'll be able to:
- Manually scale workload replicas and AKS node pools
- Use the horizontal pod autoscaler (HPA) to scale workload replicas
- Use the cluster autoscaler to scale AKS node pools
- Use virtual nodes to run burst workloads in Azure Container Instances (ACI)
- Welcome to this interactive skills validation experience. Completing this module helps prepare you for the Deploy and manage containers with Azure Kubernetes Service assessment.
In this guided exercise, you practice creating and configuring an Azure Container Registry and an Azure Kubernetes Server cluster. The guided exercise combines both learning and hands-on practice. The skills validated include:
Provisioning Azure Container Registry (ACR) and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Building a Linux and Windows container images and store them in Azure Container Registry.
Deploying container images to Azure Kubernetes Service.
By the end of this guided exercise, you gain hands-on experience in creating and configuring these services in Azure.
