Docker containers on Windows & Linux, also micro-services architecture (e.g. Azure Service Fabric).
As we discussed in our last article, Helm is a great technology. I recommend using it not only to manage third party packages but also your own custom-developed solutions. But how do you author a Helm Chart? I found that question hard to answer. The common answer is “look at existing ones”. I have two … More Authoring a Helm Chart on Kubernetes / AKS – Getting started
Kubernetes is a big platform to absorb. It has a rich resource & networking model. In many ways it is a miniature version of a fully fledge cloud provider, abstracting the underlying cloud provider. That is my excuse for postponing addressing Helm for such a long time. Until today. I’ll look at why you should … More 5 reasons to use Helm charts in Kubernetes
I have this personal project where I have a swag of micro services collaborating to serve different web applications. I started to work on the Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI / CD) using Azure DevOps. I did toy around those areas before. But this was really a rubber hits the road experience for me. … More Azure Dev Ops CI / CD pipelines with AKS – Lessons learned
I did a bit of experimentation with Kubernetes Ingress, more specifically NGINX, lately. I found the concept of Ingress utterly confusing at first. It is actually relatively simple. So, I thought I would share this sense of simplicity. This article is conceptual. There will be no code nor even Portal tour. If you want to … More About Ingress in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
I’ve been diving into Kubernetes / AKS Networking lately. I thought I would share some of the insights I stumble upon. We know AKS has two types of networking, basic & advanced, right? Basic provisions its own VNET and exposes only public IPs Advanced uses an existing VNET and exposes private IPs For the latter, … More AKS with Kubenet vs Azure Networking plug-in
In a past article, we looked at how Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) integrated with Azure Networking. AKS is a managed Kubernetes service in Azure. In this article, we are going to do two things: Deploy an AKS cluster with Advanced Networking using an Azure ARM Template. Deploy a service on the cluster and validate the … More Deploying AKS with ARM Template – Network integration
Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) is a managed Kubernetes service in Azure. Not only does it provides a managed cluster, it also integrates with Azure services. In this article we’ll explain the integration between Kubernetes’ services and Azure Networking. We won’t give code sample though as we’ll keep that for a future article. Update (30-08-2018): See … More Kubernetes Services in Azure AKS – Network integration
