Hands-On Azure for Developers

Creating a Kubernetes cluster using AKS

To create a Kubernetes service, perform the following steps:

1. Go to the portal.
2. Click on the + Create a resource button and search for AKS.
3. When you click Create, you should see the following screen:

As you can see, we have plenty of different options and fields here. Some of them should be self-explanatory. Initially, I recommend using default values for most fields, such as Kubernetes version or Service principal, as they matter only if you have existing requirements regarding your application.

To learn more about applications and service principal objects in Azure AD, you can read this short article ...