Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

I had some issues with Getting Azure AKS to work with PowerShell locally so I decided to document this. This post shows how I was able to get started using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with PowerShell. Azure provides a Kubernetes service that is capable of orchestrating Windows containers as well as Linux containers. This makes AKS an ideal solution for .NET developers.

There’s more information on the Microsoft site. I’m going to cover most of what they don’t cover and put it in a more straightforward guide. Ping me on Twitter or comment here if you see something that should be added.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/windows-container-powershell

Installing in PowerShell

If you have PowerShell 5.1 or higher you can install modules that interact with Azure and the AKS service. You’ll need to install the Az.Aks module first and import it before AKS Kubectl will be available.

Install-Module -Name Az.Aks -AllowPrerelease
Import-Module Az.Aks
Install-AzAksKubectl -Version latest

Environmental Variables

You may have to add the .azure-kubectl to your search PATH. You can easily append your path to the system’s environment PATH variable.

$env:Path += ";C:\Users\mrjamiebowman\.azure-kubectl"

If you have issues…

Getting the version of Az.Aks

Get-InstalledModule -Name Az.Aks

Kubectl Autocompletion for PowerShell

I found this module useful and certainly helps with autcompletion.

Install-Module -Name PSKubectlCompletion
Import-Module -Name PSKubectlCompletion

https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PSKubectlCompletion/1.0.3

Az.Aks

Get-Command -Module Az.Aks

Connecting to Azure

You will be prompted to log in to Azure in a pop-up browser Window.

Connect-AzAccount

It’s important to set the Azure Context to the subscription you are using. I have multiple subscriptions so I need to list and set the subscription for PowerShell to connect to the appropriate cluster.

Get-AzSubscription
Get-AzSubscription -SubscriptionId 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 | Set-AzContext

Connecting to the Cluster

If you are on the right subscription you should be able to easily connect to the cluster running these commands.

Import-AzAksCredential -ResourceGroupName K8S -Name KubeDev

Basic Kubernetes Commands

These are some basic commands worth noting. I recommend referencing the kubectl cheatsheet. It’s very useful… Some of the commands below are not on the cheatsheet.

https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/cheatsheet/

Getting Objects

kubectl get all

Remove Objects

kubectl delete all --all

Watching Objects

kubectl get service nugetserver --watch