AKS Labs

A comprehensive collection of hands-on workshops and labs for learning Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). These workshops provide practical experience with Kubernetes concepts, AKS features, and cloud-native technologies.

🚀 Quick Start

Visit the live documentation site: https://azure-samples.github.io/aks-labs/

📚 What You'll Learn

This repository contains workshops covering:

• Getting Started: Kubernetes fundamentals and AKS basics
• Networking: Service mesh (Istio), Azure Container Networking, and network policies
• Security: Workload identity, supply chain security, and container registry patching
• Operations: Monitoring, scaling with KEDA/Karpenter, and cluster management
• Platform Engineering: GitOps with ArgoCD, Azure Service Operator, and Kubernetes Resource Operator
• Storage: Persistent volumes and advanced storage concepts
• AI Workloads: Running AI/ML workloads on AKS

🛠️ Development Setup

This site is built with Docusaurus. To run it locally:

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18 or higher
• npm or yarn

Installation

git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/aks-labs.git
cd aks-labs
npm install

Local Development

npm start

This command starts a local development server and opens up a browser window. Most changes are reflected live without having to restart the server.

Build

npm run build

This command generates static content into the build directory and can be served using any static contents hosting service.

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for details on how to:

• Report issues
• Submit workshop improvements
• Add new labs
• Review contributions

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.

🔗 Related Resources

• Azure Kubernetes Service Documentation
• Azure Container Registry
• Kubernetes Documentation