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Confirm subscription quotas, identity and network design
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Azure DevOps Academy · Interactive Lab Platform
AKS Foundations Lab
Deploy and operate a foundational Azure Kubernetes Service environment with secure access and workload validation.
Objective: Understand AKS dependencies, cluster access, workload deployment, observability and safe cleanup.
Practical guidance
Objectives and preparation
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Prepare kubectl, Azure CLI and approved versions
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Define cluster, node-pool and workload requirements
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Practical guidance
Guided implementation
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Deploy the cluster and configure controlled access
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Publish a test workload and service
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Inspect nodes, pods, events, logs and resource health
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Practical guidance
Validation, troubleshooting and cleanup
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Validate workload availability and scaling behaviour
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Troubleshoot scheduling, image and connectivity issues
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Remove workloads and delete the lab cluster safely
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