Six Live Kubernetes Recommendations: AKS, Cilium, Rate Limiting, and More

In a live workshop on June 10th, the presenters, Engin and the author, faced challenges while building an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster, an Azure Container Registry, and a random-cat web app using C#, due to Docker Hub rate limits and regional capacity constraints. The workshop emphasized six recommendations for working with Kubernetes on Azure, including choosing familiar programming languages like C# for infrastructure coding with Pulumi, using Cilium for better networking on AKS, and employing stack-aware assistants like Pulumi Neo for real-time troubleshooting. The session highlighted the importance of separating infrastructure from workloads to allow independent deployment, and explored the advantages of integrating GitOps for Kubernetes management. Despite the live demo setbacks, the workshop successfully demonstrated key practices and tools for managing Kubernetes on Azure, and underscored the value of maintaining cloud-hosted images to avoid future rate-limit issues. The session code and steps are available for replication, with further stages encouraging participants to apply GitOps practices for managing Kubernetes applications.

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