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Kubernetes Container Platform with DevOps Integration
Production AKS clusters for microservices
Overview
Built and operated production-ready AKS clusters as the deployment target for a microservices estate. Azure DevOps pipelines build container images, push them to ACR, and roll them out to the cluster on every merge. Cluster-level monitoring, centralized logging, and Kubernetes security controls — RBAC, network policies, and secret management — are part of the platform rather than bolted on later.
Engineering focus
Making the cluster boring to operate: repeatable rollouts, readable logs, and least-privilege access for both pipelines and people.
Delivery stages
1CheckoutPull latest commit
2Build ImageLinux build agent
3Push to ACRTagged with build id
4DeployManifests applied to AKS
5Rollout Checkkubectl rollout status
6LiveIngress serves traffic
Architecture flow
💻
Git Repository
Microservice source
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Azure DevOps Pipeline
Build · test · push
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Azure Container Registry
Immutable image tags
☸
AKS Cluster
Deployments and replica sets
🔗
Ingress Controller
External routing + TLS
📈
Monitoring & Logging
Container Insights · Log Analytics
Key outcomes
Production-ready AKS clusters built and managed for microservices deployment
CI/CD pipelines integrated through Azure DevOps for automated container deployment
Monitoring, logging, and security controls implemented for Kubernetes workloads
Stack
AKSKubernetesDockerAzure DevOpsACRHelmRBACContainer Insights
Environment
RegionCanada Central
Resource Grouprg-aks-platform
OrchestratorAzure Kubernetes Service
RegistryAzure Container Registry
DeliveryAzure DevOps pipelines