AKS Containers and Services

Creating and managing AKS Services and containers

For an end-to-end example of creating an AKS Service, see this tutorial.

Creating a DuploCloud AKS Service

1. In the DuploCloud Portal, navigate to Kubernetes -> Services.

2. Click Add. The Basic Options section of the Add Service page displays.

3. In the Service Name field, give the Service a name (without spaces).

4. From the Cloud list box, select Azure.

5. From the Platform list box, select AKS Linux.

6. In the Docker Image field, enter the Docker image.

7. Optionally, enter any allocation tags in the Allocation Tag field.

8. From the Replica Strategy list box, select a replication strategy. Refer to the informational ToolTip ( ) for more information.

9. Specify the number of replicas in the Replicas field (for Static replica strategy). The number of replicas you define must be less than or equal to the number of Hosts in the fleet.

10. In the Replica Placement list box (for Static or Horizontal Pod Autoscaler replication strategies) select First Available, Place on Different Hosts, Spread Across Zones, or Different Hosts and Spread Across Zones. Refer to the informational ToolTip ( ) for more information.

11. Optionally, enter variables in the Environmental Variables field.

12. In the Force StatefulSets list box, select Yes or No (for Static or Horizontal Pod Autoscaler replication strategies).

13. Optionally, select Tolerate spot instances (for Static or Horizontal Pod Autoscaler replication strategies)

The Add Service, Basic Options page

1. Click Next. The Add Service, Advanced Options page displays.

2. Configure advanced options as needed. For example, you can implement Kubernetes Lifecycle Hooks in the Other Container Config field (optional).

3. Click Create. The Service is created.

Viewing Services

1. From the DuploCloud Portal, navigate to Kubernetes -> Services. Select the Service from the NAME column. The Service details page displays.

The Services details page

Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Multiple DuploCloud Services

Using the Services page, you can start, stop, and restart multiple services simultaneously.

1. In the DuploCloud Portal, navigate to Kubernetes -> Services.

2. Use the checkbox column to select multiple services you want to start or stop at once.

3. From the Service Actions menu, select Start Service, Stop Service, or Restart Service. The selected Services are started, stopped, or restarted as you specified.

The Kubernetes Services page

Managing Kubernetes Containers

In the DuploCloud Portal, you can display and manage the containers you have defined.

1. Select the Tenant from the Tenant list box in the upper left.

2. Navigate to Kubernetes -> Containers.

3. Select the Options Menu ( ) in each container row to display Logs, State, Container Shell, Host Shell, and Delete options.

Option	Functionality
Logs	Displays container logs. When you select this option, the Container Logs window displays. Use the Follow Logs option (enabled by default) to monitor logging in real-time for a running container. See the graphic below for an example of the Container Logs window.
State	Displays container state configuration, in YAML code, in a separate window.
Container Shell	Accesses the Container Shell. To access the Container Shell option, you must first set up Shell access for Docker.
Host Shell	Accesses the Host Shell.
Delete	Deletes the container.

The Containers page with menu highlighted