Production Blueprint · Azure
DevOps on Azure: from Azure Boards to a running AKS workload
Everything in one Microsoft toolchain: Azure DevOps plans the work, hosts the code and runs the pipeline, Azure Container Registry stores the image, and AKS runs it, with Key Vault for secrets and Azure Monitor for visibility. Written for someone who works only in Azure.
Azure BoardsAzure ReposAzure PipelinesAzure ArtifactsACRAKSKey VaultAzure MonitorMicrosoft Entra ID
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Here is what's inside:
- The Azure toolchain
- How the pipeline gets permission, with no stored secret
- One pipeline, several environments
- Inside the pipeline, stage by stage
- How a change reaches AKS
- What each Azure service is for
- Where Azure DevOps goes wrong
- The interview talk track
- What I'd improve next
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