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Connecting To Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

🎯 Purpose

In this lab, you'll learn how to authenticate and connect to your Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster from your local terminal.

🛠️ Connect to AKS Cluster

Prerequisites

  • kubectl installed on your local machine
  • Access to an AKS cluster

Steps

  1. Authenticate and Connect to AKS Run the following command to connect to AKS: 
    az aks get-credentials --resource-group devopsthehardway-rg --name devopsthehardwayaks --overwrite-existing

🔍 Note: Note: This command generates a kubeconfig file on your local machine with the necessary connection and authentication details.

  1. Verify Connection Run the following command to confirm you're connected: 
    kubectl get nodes

🔍 Verification

To ensure you've successfully connected to your AKS cluster:

  1. The kubectl get nodes command should return a list of nodes without any errors.
  2. You should be able to run other kubectl commands, such as kubectl get pods --all-namespaces.

🧠 Knowledge Check

After connecting to AKS, consider these questions:

  1. What is a kubeconfig file and why is it important?
  2. How does the az aks get-credentials command facilitate cluster access?
  3. What other kubectl commands can you use to verify your connection to the cluster?

💡 Pro Tip

Consider setting up different contexts in your kubeconfig file if you're working with multiple Kubernetes clusters. This allows you to switch between clusters easily using the kubectl config use-context command.