5 articles on this topic
Managed NGINX on AKS gets its last security patch in November 2026. The replacement is App Routing with Gateway API and Envoy. Annotation mapping, an audit script, and the three annotations with no equivalent at all.
Windows Server 2019, Azure Linux 2.0, and kubelet certificate rotation – three AKS retirements with March 2026 deadlines. Practical migration guide with CLI commands and Bicep templates.
Practical playbook for migrating an AKS cluster from the Calico Network Policy engine to Azure CNI Powered by Cilium. Zero-downtime procedure, eBPF benefits, and typical rollout traps.
When to choose Azure Container Apps and when AKS – cost, operations overhead, networking, and typical use cases. Real decision examples from three different projects.
Kubernetes AKS production readiness checklist covering Azure CNI networking, Workload Identity RBAC, cluster autoscaling, monitoring, and DR strategy.