Tag: Container
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Using Octant as alternative Kubernetes dashboard for Azure Kubernetes Service
When you are running an Azure Kubernetes Service cluster you might deployed the cluster without the Kubernetes dashboard or disabled it afterwards. -> https://www.danielstechblog.io/disable-the-kubernetes-dashboard-on-azure-kubernetes-service/ Mainly you are doing it for security purposes to prevent an accidentally exposed and unsecured Kubernetes dashboard to the public. -> https://redlock.io/blog/cryptojacking-tesla The Kubernetes dashboard is neat for demo purposes, but…
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Disable the Kubernetes dashboard on Azure Kubernetes Service
A recently introduced change enables the capability to disable the Kubernetes dashboard on an AKS cluster. This is achieved by providing the Kubernetes dashboard as an AKS add-on like the Azure Monitor for containers integration, AKS virtual nodes or the HTTP application routing. I stumbled over that capability in the Terraform Azure provider documentation for…
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Custom naming support for AKS node resource group available
When you deploy an Azure Kubernetes Service cluster in Azure a second resource group gets created for the worker nodes. Per default the resource group has the following naming schema MC_resourcegroupname_clustername_location. In most cases this naming schema collides with a naming convention already in place for the company’s Azure environment. A common question since AKS…
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AKS VMSS base image update script – multiple node pool support
At the beginning of September, I have published a blog post about how to update the base image of a VMSS-based AKS cluster. -> https://www.danielstechblog.io/updating-the-base-image-of-a-vmss-based-aks-cluster/ On LinkedIn I had a good discussion with one of the AKS PMs about that and I want to highlight two things first. The shell script I have written directly…
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Updating the base image of a VMSS-based AKS cluster
Earlier this year I had written a blog post about updating the VMSS base image of an aks-engine cluster. -> https://www.danielstechblog.io/updating-the-base-image-of-an-vmss-aks-engine-cluster/ Today, we focus on Azure Kubernetes Service running with VMSS. Microsoft releases updates regularly to the AKS service and refreshes also the base image for the AKS worker nodes. -> https://github.com/azure/aks/releases This week I…
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Configuration options for CoreDNS in Azure Kubernetes Service
In my last blog post I have shown you the configuration of custom upstream nameservers for CoreDNS in AKS. -> https://www.danielstechblog.io/setting-custom-upstream-nameservers-for-coredns-in-azure-kubernetes-service/ But there are more configuration options available to customize your CoreDNS experience. We will focus at some of them today. First, let us have a look at the two options in the custom-coredns ConfigMap.…