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Azure Kubernetes Service

Managed Kubernetes with Azure-native integrations.

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Overview

AKS provides managed Kubernetes with workload identity, KEDA autoscaling, and Azure CNI networking.

When to use it

  • Container platforms for QA services
  • Selenium grids at scale
  • Service-mesh testing

Setup

  1. Create cluster: `az aks create -g qa-rg -n qa --node-count 3 --enable-managed-identity`.
  2. Get creds: `az aks get-credentials -g qa-rg -n qa`.

How to use

One-shot job
kubectl create job nightly --image=acr.azurecr.io/tests:latest

QA use cases

  • KEDA scales Playwright workers based on Service Bus queue length.