az-aks

Create a Kubernetes cluster

$ az aks create -g [resource-group] -n [cluster-name] --generate-ssh-keys

$ az aks get-credentials -g [resource-group] -n [cluster-name]

$ az aks list -g [resource-group] -o table

$ az aks show -g [resource-group] -n [cluster-name]

$ az aks nodepool scale -g [resource-group] --cluster-name [cluster-name] --name [nodepool1] --node-count [5]

$ az aks upgrade -g [resource-group] -n [cluster-name] --kubernetes-version [1.28.0]

$ az aks stop -g [resource-group] -n [cluster-name]

$ az aks start -g [resource-group] -n [cluster-name]

az aks subcommand [options]

az aks manages Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters, providing a managed Kubernetes environment that reduces the complexity of cluster deployment and management.
AKS handles critical tasks like health monitoring, maintenance, and upgrades. Azure manages the Kubernetes control plane, while you manage and pay only for the agent nodes.

-g, --resource-group value

Name of the resource group

Name of the managed cluster

Kubernetes version for the cluster

Number of nodes in the default node pool

Generate SSH key files if not present

Get cluster admin credentials instead of user credentials

Cluster Management

create, delete, show, list, update, start, stop, upgrade, rotate-certs

get-credentials, get-versions, get-upgrades, install-cli

nodepool add, nodepool delete, nodepool scale, nodepool upgrade, nodepool list, nodepool show

check-network, check-acr, approuting enable, approuting disable

addon enable, addon disable, addon list, addon show, addon update

mesh enable, mesh disable, pod-identity add, bastion

Stopping a cluster deallocates compute resources but retains cluster configuration; you are not charged for compute during this time. Upgrading Kubernetes version is a one-way operation. Get-credentials overwrites existing kubeconfig entries by default; use --overwrite-existing or --file to control this.

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) reached general availability in June 2018. It evolved from Azure Container Service (ACS) which supported multiple orchestrators. AKS focuses exclusively on Kubernetes with deep Azure integration.

az(1), az-acr(1), kubectl(1)