Creating AKS Cluster

This document discusses the steps for creating an AKS cluster

Steps to create the Cluster

1. Go to https://portal.azure.com/ and log in with your Azure credentials.

2. In the portal search bar, search for Kubernetes services and select Kubernetes services.

3. Click Create > Kubernetes clusterto open the Create Kubernetes cluster screen.

4. On the Create Kubernetes cluster screen, in the Basics tab, enter the following details:

   Field	Value
   Subscription	Name of the Azure subscription
   Resource group	Name of the resource group you created to host the AKS cluster
   Cluster preset configuration	Production Standard
   Kubernetes cluster name	A name for the Kubernetes cluster you want to create
   Region	Same as VNet
   Fleet Manager	None
   Availability zones	Select Zone 1 and Zone 2
   AKS pricing tier	Standard
   Enable long-term support	No
   Kubernetes version	Latest stable version
   Automatic upgrade	Disabled
   Authentication and Authorization	Microsoft Entra ID authentication with Kubernetes RBAC
   Cluster Admin Binding	Select customer Entra ID security group

5. Select the Node pools tab, and then click Add node pool > Add a Virtual Machine node pool to open Add a node pool screen.

   1. On the Add a node pool screen, in the Basics tab, provide the following details:

      Field	Value
      Node pool name	A name you want to provide for the node pool
      Mode	System
      OS SKU	Ubuntu Linux
      Availability zones	Select Node 2 and Node 3
      Enable Azure spot instances	Keep it unchecked
      Node size	Standard D8as v6
      Scale method	Autoscale

   2. In the Optional settings tab, set the value for the field M ax pods per node to 50.

   3. Keep the other settings as they are ensuring that there is no taints or labels applied.

   4. Click Add at the bottom to go back to the Node pools tab on the Create Kubernetes cluster screen.

6. On the Create Kubernetes cluster screen, select the Networking tab, and do the following configurations:

   1. Access Settings:

      1. Private Cluster: Disabled
      2. Authorized IP ranges: Enabled (Whitelist the IP range) to allow the incoming traffic to the cluster.

   2. Container Networking:

      1. Network Configuration: Azure CNI Overlay

   3. Bring Your Own VNet:

      1. Enable BYO VNet

   4. Virtual Network Selection:

      1. VNet: ad-int-cus-demo-vnet-010
      2. Subnet: aks-subnet

   5. IP Address Settings

      Setting	Value
      Kubernetes service address range	10.0.0.0/16
      Kubernetes DNS service IP	10.0.0.10
      DNS name prefix	Auto-generated

   6. Network Policy

      1. None

   7. Load Balancer Settings

      Setting	Value
      Load Balancer SKU	Standard
      Outbound Type	Load Balancer

7. Select rthe Integrations tab and do the following configurations:

   1. (Optional) Azure Container RegistryContainer Registry:

      1. None

   2. Istio Service MeshEnable Istio:

      1. Unchecked

   3. (Recommended for production) Azure PolicyAzure Policy:

      1. Enabled

8. Select Monitoring tab and do the following configurations:

   1. Enable Container Logs:

      1. Checked

   2. Disable all other monitoring options:

      1. Managed Prometheus
      2. Grafana
      3. Alerts

9. Select the Tagstab and do the following configurations:

   Key	Value
   environment	demo / prod
   customer	customer-name
   managedBy	Adeptia

10. Select the R eview + Create tab to review the configurations.

11. Click Create at the bottom to complete the creation of the AKS Cluster.

AKS cluster deployment typically takes 15–25 minutes.

After the cluster is created, create a jump host (if required) and install the required dependencies on it or on your local Windows machine.

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