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Module 14: AKS on Azure Local

Level: L300 | Duration: 4 hours | Prerequisites: Module 05 | Hands-on: Lab

Module Status

Framework module — content in development.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the AKS Arc architecture on Azure Local
  • Deploy an AKS cluster on Azure Local
  • Configure node pools, networking, and storage for AKS workloads
  • Deploy a containerized application and manage it with kubectl
  • Monitor and update an AKS cluster

Topics

  1. AKS Arc Architecture on Azure Local
  2. Prerequisites — Arc Resource Bridge, networking
  3. Deploying an AKS Cluster — Portal walkthrough
  4. Deploying via Bicep / Terraform
  5. Node Pools — sizing, scaling
  6. Workload Networking — services, ingress, load balancers
  7. Workload Storage — persistent volumes on S2D
  8. Managing Workloads with kubectl
  9. Monitoring and Updating an AKS Cluster

Hands-on

Lab: Deploy an AKS cluster. Deploy a sample app. Scale the deployment. Update the cluster.

IaC: Bicep + Terraform templates in labs/iac/14-aks/.