Larkin About in Azure

When creating an AKS cluster it can be easy to get started with quick start templates for ARM and Terraform available.  This is fine for a lab environment but when it comes to building a production ready AKS cluster there are some decisions you need to make at the beginning to save yourself unnecessary pain further down the line.  In this article we will explore some of the key decisions areas which I hope will help you in deploying your AKS cluster. Cluster Node SKUs You have to have a default node pool, you can add additional node pools at a later point which can have different skus but if you want to change the sku on the default node pool it would cause the cluster to be rebuilt. Plan what size SKU size is sensible for your workload.  You can scale out easily but you can not scale-up easily so it is worth getting this right.  We cover adding additional node pools below, this can help get around changing the default node pool. Load Balancer SKU and Multiple Node Pools When you come