Plug-in that supplies credentials to kubectl by performing the Microsoft Entra sign-in for AKS. Running az aks install-cli installs it.
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Terms in this definition
- kubectl
Command-line tool for working with workloads in a Kubernetes cluster, installed by running
az aks install-cli. Cluster-level AKS settings like the cluster autoscaler are set through Azure instead. - Microsoft Entra
The umbrella brand covering Microsoft's identity and network access portfolio. Internet Access, Private Access, External ID and ID Governance all belong to it, built on top of the core directory service, Entra ID.
- AKS
Short for Azure Kubernetes Service, a managed Kubernetes offering that gives full control of clusters and node pools. Scaling uses the cluster autoscaler and Horizontal Pod Autoscaler; user sign-in is not built in.
- az aks
Azure CLI commands for managing AKS. For example,
az aks install-cliinstalls kubectl, while runningaz aks updateoraz aks nodepool updatewith--enable-cluster-autoscaler --min-count --max-countenables autoscaling.