STEP 3: SETTING UP AKS STEP-BY-STEP

Source: Dev.to | Dec 27, 2025 (UTC)

Prerequisites
i. Azure CLI installed: az version
ii. Login Azure: az login
iii. Login to ACR: _az acr login –name

STEP 1: Create AKS Cluster
The command below will create a 2-node cluster (you can adjust as needed):
az aks create –resource-group devops-rg –name myAKSCluster –node-count 2 –enable-addons monitoring –generate-ssh-keys

STEP 2: Connecting AKS to ACR
This lets your cluster pull container images securely.
az aks update –resource-group devops-rg –name myAKSCluster –attach-acr

STEP 3: Get AKS Credentials for kubectl
This will download the kubeconfig locally.
az aks get-credentials –resource-group devops-rg –name myAKSCluster

STEP 4: Verify Connection
Check if kubectl can see your nodes:
kubectl get nodes

STEP 6: Verify Namespaces
It shows a default system namespaces:
kubectl get namespaces

STEP 7 (Optional): Enable Autoscaling
This enables automatic node scaling:
az aks update –resource-group devops-rg –name myAKSCluster –enable-cluster-autoscaler –min-count 1 –max-count 5

STEP 8: Create Deployment
kubectl create deployment myapp –image=myapp

STEP 9: Update &Restart the Deployment image
kubectl edit deployment myapp

N:B: Edit image: myapp with your ACR LOGIN SERVER i.e image: image: .azurecr.io/myapp:latest

kubectl rollout restart deployment myapp

Check pods
kubectl get pods

STEP 10: Expose deployment
kubectl expose deployment myapp –port=80 –target-port=3000 –type=LoadBalancer

STEP 11:* Get services
kubectl get service myapp

STEP 12: Test in browser
http://