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Maheshkumar R
Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft Azure
CKAD, LFCS, MCSE & .NET Geek
Azure Kubernetes Service(AKS)
Content
## Introduction
## Kubernetes on Azure overview
## Why AKS & what's your deal?
## Customer stories
## Resources
## Demo’s and QnA
Kubernetes momentum
For the organizations running
Kubernetes today, 77%1 of
those with more than 1,000
developers are running it in
production.
Larger companies
are leading the
adoption.
77%
“By 2020, more than 50% of enterprises
will run mission-critical, containerized
cloud-native applications in production.”
1Heptio: state of Kubernetes 2018
Src: IDC FutureScape (30 Oct- 2018)
Kubernetes on Azure overview
Kubernetes: the industry-leading orchestrator
Portable
Public, private, hybrid,
multi-cloud
Extensible
Modular, pluggable,
hookable, composable
Self-healing
Auto-placement, auto-restart,
auto-replication, auto-scaling
How Kubernetes works
1. Kubernetes users communicate
with API server and apply
desired state
2. Master nodes actively enforce
desired state on worker nodes
3. Worker nodes support
communication between
containers
4. Worker nodes support
communication from the
Internet
Kubernetes
control
API server
replication, namespace,
serviceaccounts, etc.
-controller-
manager -scheduler
etcd
Master node
Worker node
kubelet kube-proxy
Docker
Pod Pod
Containers Containers
Worker node
kubelet kube-proxy
Docker
Pod Pod
Containers Containers
Internet
Internet
Managed Kubernetes
Kubernetes
control
API server
replication, namespace,
serviceaccounts, etc.
-controller-
manager -scheduler
etcd
Master node
Worker node
kubelet kube-proxy
Docker
Pod Pod
Containers Containers
Worker node
kubelet kube-proxy
Docker
Pod Pod
Containers Containers
Internet
master
components
node
components
Azure managed control plane
How managed Azure Kubernetes Service works
• Automated upgrades, patches
• High reliability, availability
• Easy, secure cluster scaling
• Self-healing
• API server monitoring
• At no charge
API server
Controller
Manager
Scheduler
etcd
Store
Cloud
Controller
Self-managed master node(s)
Customer VMs
App/
workload
definition
User
Docker
Pods
Docker
Pods
Docker
Pods
Docker
Pods
Docker
Pods
Schedule pods over
private tunnel
Kubernetes
API endpoint
Azure managed control plane
From infrastructure to innovation
Responsibilities DIY with Kubernetes Managed Kubernetes on Azure
Containerization
Application iteration,
debugging
CI/CD
Cluster hosting
Cluster upgrade
Patching
Scaling
Monitoring and logging
Customer Microsoft
Managed Kubernetes
empowers you to achieve more
Focus on your containers and
code, not the plumbing of them
Get started easily
> az aks create
> az aks install-cli
> az aks get-credentials
> kubectl get nodes
Azure makes Kubernetes easy
Manage an AKS cluster
> az aks list
 az aks upgrade
 az aks scale
Azure makes Kubernetes easy
Cluster Upgrade
Upgrade to version 1.11.4
$ az aks upgrade --name myAKSCluster --resource-group myResourceGroup --
kubernetes-version 1.11.4
• The Kubernetes community releases minor versions roughly every
three months
• AKS supports *4* minor versions of Kubernetes
• The latest stable version upstream and the previous 3
• Each supported minor version also supports *2* stable patches.
Azure makes Kubernetes easy
Azure Devops for K8s
Database tier
AKS production cluster
Inner loop
Test
Debug
Azure
DevSpaces
AKS dev
cluster
Azure
Container
Registry
Azure Pipelines/
DevOps Project
Auto-build
Business tier
Web tier
Azure
Monitor
CI/CD
Helm chart
Source
code control
Work how you want with opensource tools and APIs
Development DevOps Monitoring Networking Storage Security
Take advantage of
services and tools
in the Kubernetes
ecosystem
Leverage 100+
turn-key Azure
services
VS Code
DevOps
ARM
Azure VNET Azure Storage
Container
Registry
Azure
Active
Directory
Key Vault
Azure Monitor
CNAB
Virtual kubelet
Azure Policy
Accelerate containerized development
Kubernetes and DevOps
better together
Develop
• Native containers and Kubernetes support in IDE
• Remote debugging and iteration for multi-
containers
• Effective code merge
• Automatic containerization
Deliver
• CI/CD pipeline with automated tasks in a few
clicks
• Pre-configured canary deployment strategy
• In depth build and delivery process review and
integration testing
• Private registry with Helm support
Operate
• Out-of-box control plane telemetry, log
aggregation, and container health
• Declarative resource management
• Auto scaling
Inner loop
Test
Debug
Azure
DevSpaces
AKS dev
cluster
Azure Pipelines
Source
code control
Azure
Container
Registry
Helm chart
Container
image
AKS
production
cluster
Azure
Monitor
Scale
Terraform
Develop Deliver Operate
Secure your Kubernetes environment with layers of isolation
Safeguard keys and
secrets with Key Vault
Secure network
communications with
VNET and policy
Control access through
AAD and RBAC
Compliant Kubernetes
service with certifications
for SOC, HIPAA, and PCI
Scale applications on the fly
Built-in auto
scaling
Global data center
to boost performance
and reach
Geo-replicated
container registry for low
latency image serving
Elastically burst from
AKS cluster using ACI
Microsoft innovations on K8s
* August, 2018 bi-annual CNCF survey
Microsoft drives community-led innovations for Kubernetes
68%
11K
Virtual Kubelet
https://github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet
It allows Kubernetes
Nodes to be backed
by other services,
such as serverless
container platforms.
VM
Pods
VM
Pods
VM
Pods
VM
Pods
Kubernetes
control pane
Azure Container Instances (ACI)
Pods
ACI
Connector
Application
Architect
Infrastructure
Architect
Deployment/t
asks
Bursting with the ACI Connector/ Virtual Kubelet
Run anything, anywhere
Your
choice
of…
Container
Linux
Windows
Environment
IoT
Edge
Public
cloud
Azure
Stack
Azure
Government
(coming soon)
Region
20+ regions worldwide
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) support for Windows Server Containers
• Lift and shift Windows applications
to run on AKS
• Seamlessly manage Windows and Linux
applications through a single unified
API
• Mix Windows and Linux applications
in the same Kubernetes cluster—with
consistent monitoring experience and
deployment pipelines
Now you can get the best of managed Kubernetes for all your workloads whether they’re in Windows,
Linux, or both
Kubernetes is built and maintained by the community
30,000
contributors
150,000
commits
#1
GitHub project
Kubernetes collects wisdom, code, and efforts
from hundreds of corporate contributors and
thousands of individual contributors
Microsoft is part of this vibrant community and leads in the associated
committees to help shape the future of Kubernetes and its ecosystem
CNCF
platinum member
CNCF
technical oversight
committee
CNCF
governing board
Kubernetes
steering committee
Linux Foundation
board member
AKS is certified Kubernetes conformant, ensuring portability and interoperability of your container workloads
Packaging
& distribution
Scalability
& control
Kubernetes
developer tooling
Helm
CNAB
Virtual Kubelet Open Policy Agent
Draft
Brigade
VS Code Kubernetes Extensions
Duffle
Containerd
KEDA Service Mesh Interface
Microsoft contributions to the community
Microsoft contributions to the community
Top
code contributor to Windows
support in Kubernetes
68%
of Kubernetes users prefer Helm
55,000
monthly downloads of Helm
1of 3
top corporate contributors
3x
growth of employee
contributors within three years
Created the
Illustrated Children’s
Guide to Kubernetes,
now part of CNCF
Top scenarios for Kubernetes on Azure
Cost saving
without refactoring
your app
Lift and shift
to containers
Performance
Low latency
processing
Machine
learning
Portability
Build once,
run anywhere
IoT
Agility
Faster application
development
Microservices
Automation
Deliver code faster and
securely at scale
Secure DevOps
AKS cluster
Dev Spaces
1. The “Integration” dev space is running
a full baseline version of the entire
application
2. John and Sanjay are collaborating on
FeatureX; it is setup as a dev space
and running all the modified services
required to implement a feature
3. Code is committed to the master
source control
4. A CI/CD pipeline can be triggered to
deploy into “Integration,” which
updates the team's baseline
Sanjay
John
Lisa
John
namespace
Sanjay
namespace
Lisa
namespace
FeatureX
namespace
Integration
namespace
Production
namespace
Dev Spaces enabled
git commit
git push
Container
registry
helm upgrade
--install
values.test.yaml
helm upgrade
--install
values.prod.yaml
'up' or F5 debug
values.dev.yaml
5. The same Helm assets used during
development are used in later
environments by the CD system
Dev Spaces is enabled per Kubernetes namespaces
and can be defined as anything. Any namespace in
which Dev Spaces is NOT enabled runs *unaffected*.
CI/CD pipeline
Source
control
Open-source component jointly built by Microsoft and
RedHat
• Event-driven container creation & scaling
Allows containers to “scale to zero” until an event
comes in, which will then create the container and
process the event, resulting in more efficient
utilization and reduced costs
• Native triggers support
Containers can consume events directly from the
event source, instead of routing events through
HTTP
• Can be used in any Kubernetes service
This includes in the cloud (e.g., AKS, EKS, GKE, etc.)
or on-premises with OpenShift—any Kubernetes
workload that requires scaling by events instead of
traditional CPU or memory scaling can leverage this
component.
Kubernetes-based event-driven auto-scaling (KEDA)
Kubernetes cluster
External
trigger source
KEDA
AKS cluster
Scaler
Controller
Metrics adapter
SMI defines a set of APIs that can be implemented
by individual mesh providers. Service meshes and tools
can either integrate directly with SMI or an adapter can
consume SMI and drive native mesh APIs.
• Standard interface for service mesh on Kubernetes​
• Basic feature set to address most common
scenarios​
• Extensible to support new features as they become
widely available​
Service Mesh Interface (SMI)
Apps Tooling Ecosystem
…and more
Service Mesh Interface
Routing Telemetry Policy
Kubernetes
Announcing Dapr
• Open source, portable, event-driven
runtime helps to build resilient,
microservice stateless and stateful
applications that run on the cloud
and edge
• Embraces the diversity of all
programming languages &
frameworks
• Accessed by standard HTTP or gRPC
APIs
• Agnostic -> you can run your
applications locally, on any
Kubernetes cluster, and other hosting
environments that Dapr integrates
with.
https://dapr.io/
An event-driven, portable runtime for building microservices
on cloud and edge.
Announcing OAM (Rudr)
- allow users to deploy and manage applications easily
on any Kubernetes cluster with separation of concerns of
application developer and operator.
https://openappmodel.io/
THE OAM WAY
A New Application Model
1.Manage your apps like you manage your
teams - with roles and scopes for apps, free
of infrastructure.
2.An opinionated workflow that separates the
concerns of App developers, App operators,
and Infra Operator
3.Runs anywhere - a unified approach that
works across cloud platforms and edge
devices.
Additional references,
1. aka.ms/LearnKubernetes
2. https://github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet
3. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/virtual-nodes-portal
4. https://openappmodel.io/
5. https://dapr.io
6. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/kubernetes-up-and-
running/
7. https://aksworkshop.io/
Key Takeaways
1) Azure Dev spaces-> a private share on the K8s cluster for dev and testing. Kind of isolation for each dev without
jumping into others work
2) Tooling and flexibility-> integrated with Azure services, tools like VSCode, AAD, ACR, Visual Studio
3) Offer first-of-its serverless k8s (Virtual Kubelet) - Unique project by MS, donated to CNCF. Helps to handle sudden
spike in the load by bursting ACI's. We called it as “AKS – Virtual Nodes”
4) Azure DevOps Project- fully functional CI/CD for k8s in few clicks
5) Mixing Windows and Linux nodes on AKS
6) MS leading numerous K8s related projects like Draft, Helm, Brigade, CNAB and Virtual Kubelet
7) Dapr & OAM - new announcements. Microsoft is the #4 contributor to the core Kubernetes project
8) SMI - https://smi-spec.io/ - Service Mesh Interface is a specification that covers the most common service mesh
capabilities. KEDA - https://github.com/kedacore/keda (Kubernetes-based Event Driven Autoscaling)
9) Fully managed environment, AKS is a 100% upstream, Enterprise grade support, Most comprehensive set of
compliance offerings of any cloud service provider
10) Azure Arc – preview (ignite announcement)
Demo – Azure Virtual Node (refer
recording)
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  • 3. Kubernetes momentum For the organizations running Kubernetes today, 77%1 of those with more than 1,000 developers are running it in production. Larger companies are leading the adoption. 77% “By 2020, more than 50% of enterprises will run mission-critical, containerized cloud-native applications in production.” 1Heptio: state of Kubernetes 2018 Src: IDC FutureScape (30 Oct- 2018)
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  • 14. Database tier AKS production cluster Inner loop Test Debug Azure DevSpaces AKS dev cluster Azure Container Registry Azure Pipelines/ DevOps Project Auto-build Business tier Web tier Azure Monitor CI/CD Helm chart Source code control
  • 15. Work how you want with opensource tools and APIs Development DevOps Monitoring Networking Storage Security Take advantage of services and tools in the Kubernetes ecosystem Leverage 100+ turn-key Azure services VS Code DevOps ARM Azure VNET Azure Storage Container Registry Azure Active Directory Key Vault Azure Monitor CNAB Virtual kubelet Azure Policy
  • 16. Accelerate containerized development Kubernetes and DevOps better together Develop • Native containers and Kubernetes support in IDE • Remote debugging and iteration for multi- containers • Effective code merge • Automatic containerization Deliver • CI/CD pipeline with automated tasks in a few clicks • Pre-configured canary deployment strategy • In depth build and delivery process review and integration testing • Private registry with Helm support Operate • Out-of-box control plane telemetry, log aggregation, and container health • Declarative resource management • Auto scaling Inner loop Test Debug Azure DevSpaces AKS dev cluster Azure Pipelines Source code control Azure Container Registry Helm chart Container image AKS production cluster Azure Monitor Scale Terraform Develop Deliver Operate
  • 17. Secure your Kubernetes environment with layers of isolation Safeguard keys and secrets with Key Vault Secure network communications with VNET and policy Control access through AAD and RBAC Compliant Kubernetes service with certifications for SOC, HIPAA, and PCI
  • 18. Scale applications on the fly Built-in auto scaling Global data center to boost performance and reach Geo-replicated container registry for low latency image serving Elastically burst from AKS cluster using ACI
  • 20. * August, 2018 bi-annual CNCF survey Microsoft drives community-led innovations for Kubernetes 68% 11K
  • 21. Virtual Kubelet https://github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet It allows Kubernetes Nodes to be backed by other services, such as serverless container platforms.
  • 22. VM Pods VM Pods VM Pods VM Pods Kubernetes control pane Azure Container Instances (ACI) Pods ACI Connector Application Architect Infrastructure Architect Deployment/t asks Bursting with the ACI Connector/ Virtual Kubelet
  • 24. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) support for Windows Server Containers • Lift and shift Windows applications to run on AKS • Seamlessly manage Windows and Linux applications through a single unified API • Mix Windows and Linux applications in the same Kubernetes cluster—with consistent monitoring experience and deployment pipelines Now you can get the best of managed Kubernetes for all your workloads whether they’re in Windows, Linux, or both
  • 25. Kubernetes is built and maintained by the community 30,000 contributors 150,000 commits #1 GitHub project Kubernetes collects wisdom, code, and efforts from hundreds of corporate contributors and thousands of individual contributors Microsoft is part of this vibrant community and leads in the associated committees to help shape the future of Kubernetes and its ecosystem CNCF platinum member CNCF technical oversight committee CNCF governing board Kubernetes steering committee Linux Foundation board member AKS is certified Kubernetes conformant, ensuring portability and interoperability of your container workloads
  • 26. Packaging & distribution Scalability & control Kubernetes developer tooling Helm CNAB Virtual Kubelet Open Policy Agent Draft Brigade VS Code Kubernetes Extensions Duffle Containerd KEDA Service Mesh Interface Microsoft contributions to the community
  • 27. Microsoft contributions to the community Top code contributor to Windows support in Kubernetes 68% of Kubernetes users prefer Helm 55,000 monthly downloads of Helm 1of 3 top corporate contributors 3x growth of employee contributors within three years Created the Illustrated Children’s Guide to Kubernetes, now part of CNCF
  • 28. Top scenarios for Kubernetes on Azure Cost saving without refactoring your app Lift and shift to containers Performance Low latency processing Machine learning Portability Build once, run anywhere IoT Agility Faster application development Microservices Automation Deliver code faster and securely at scale Secure DevOps
  • 29. AKS cluster Dev Spaces 1. The “Integration” dev space is running a full baseline version of the entire application 2. John and Sanjay are collaborating on FeatureX; it is setup as a dev space and running all the modified services required to implement a feature 3. Code is committed to the master source control 4. A CI/CD pipeline can be triggered to deploy into “Integration,” which updates the team's baseline Sanjay John Lisa John namespace Sanjay namespace Lisa namespace FeatureX namespace Integration namespace Production namespace Dev Spaces enabled git commit git push Container registry helm upgrade --install values.test.yaml helm upgrade --install values.prod.yaml 'up' or F5 debug values.dev.yaml 5. The same Helm assets used during development are used in later environments by the CD system Dev Spaces is enabled per Kubernetes namespaces and can be defined as anything. Any namespace in which Dev Spaces is NOT enabled runs *unaffected*. CI/CD pipeline Source control
  • 30. Open-source component jointly built by Microsoft and RedHat • Event-driven container creation & scaling Allows containers to “scale to zero” until an event comes in, which will then create the container and process the event, resulting in more efficient utilization and reduced costs • Native triggers support Containers can consume events directly from the event source, instead of routing events through HTTP • Can be used in any Kubernetes service This includes in the cloud (e.g., AKS, EKS, GKE, etc.) or on-premises with OpenShift—any Kubernetes workload that requires scaling by events instead of traditional CPU or memory scaling can leverage this component. Kubernetes-based event-driven auto-scaling (KEDA) Kubernetes cluster External trigger source KEDA AKS cluster Scaler Controller Metrics adapter
  • 31. SMI defines a set of APIs that can be implemented by individual mesh providers. Service meshes and tools can either integrate directly with SMI or an adapter can consume SMI and drive native mesh APIs. • Standard interface for service mesh on Kubernetes​ • Basic feature set to address most common scenarios​ • Extensible to support new features as they become widely available​ Service Mesh Interface (SMI) Apps Tooling Ecosystem …and more Service Mesh Interface Routing Telemetry Policy Kubernetes
  • 32. Announcing Dapr • Open source, portable, event-driven runtime helps to build resilient, microservice stateless and stateful applications that run on the cloud and edge • Embraces the diversity of all programming languages & frameworks • Accessed by standard HTTP or gRPC APIs • Agnostic -> you can run your applications locally, on any Kubernetes cluster, and other hosting environments that Dapr integrates with. https://dapr.io/ An event-driven, portable runtime for building microservices on cloud and edge.
  • 33. Announcing OAM (Rudr) - allow users to deploy and manage applications easily on any Kubernetes cluster with separation of concerns of application developer and operator. https://openappmodel.io/ THE OAM WAY A New Application Model 1.Manage your apps like you manage your teams - with roles and scopes for apps, free of infrastructure. 2.An opinionated workflow that separates the concerns of App developers, App operators, and Infra Operator 3.Runs anywhere - a unified approach that works across cloud platforms and edge devices.
  • 34. Additional references, 1. aka.ms/LearnKubernetes 2. https://github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet 3. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/virtual-nodes-portal 4. https://openappmodel.io/ 5. https://dapr.io 6. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/kubernetes-up-and- running/ 7. https://aksworkshop.io/
  • 35. Key Takeaways 1) Azure Dev spaces-> a private share on the K8s cluster for dev and testing. Kind of isolation for each dev without jumping into others work 2) Tooling and flexibility-> integrated with Azure services, tools like VSCode, AAD, ACR, Visual Studio 3) Offer first-of-its serverless k8s (Virtual Kubelet) - Unique project by MS, donated to CNCF. Helps to handle sudden spike in the load by bursting ACI's. We called it as “AKS – Virtual Nodes” 4) Azure DevOps Project- fully functional CI/CD for k8s in few clicks 5) Mixing Windows and Linux nodes on AKS 6) MS leading numerous K8s related projects like Draft, Helm, Brigade, CNAB and Virtual Kubelet 7) Dapr & OAM - new announcements. Microsoft is the #4 contributor to the core Kubernetes project 8) SMI - https://smi-spec.io/ - Service Mesh Interface is a specification that covers the most common service mesh capabilities. KEDA - https://github.com/kedacore/keda (Kubernetes-based Event Driven Autoscaling) 9) Fully managed environment, AKS is a 100% upstream, Enterprise grade support, Most comprehensive set of compliance offerings of any cloud service provider 10) Azure Arc – preview (ignite announcement)
  • 36. Demo – Azure Virtual Node (refer recording)

Editor's Notes

  1. Kubernetes is made of a central manager (aka master) and some worker nodes. Master is the Control plane and is responsible to keep the Kubernetes cluster running The manager runs an API server, a scheduler, various controllers and a storage system to keep the state of the cluster, container settings, and the networking configuration.
  2. A Kubernetes cluster is typically made up of Master nodes for system components like the API server, etcd store, and scheduler Agent nodes for user container workloads Managing the cluster involves: Monitoring the API server Ensuring HA/DR for the etcd store Safely managing upgrades across Kubernetes versions Safely scaling the cluster in and out Patching master and agent VM nodes And on and on… This is complex, error-prone, and expensive A managed service like AKS moves those tasks to the cloud provider