Quickstart: Deploy an Azure Linux Container Host for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster using the Azure CLI

Get started with the Azure Linux Container Host by using the Azure CLI to deploy an Azure Linux Container Host for AKS cluster.

In this quickstart, you learn how to:

Install the Kubernetes CLI, kubectl.
Create an Azure resource group.
Create and deploy an Azure Linux Container Host cluster.
Configure kubectl to connect to your Azure Linux Container Host cluster.
Deploy a sample multi-container application to the cluster.

Prerequisites

If you don't have an Azure account, create a free account before you begin.
Use the Bash environment in Azure Cloud Shell. For more information, see Azure Cloud Shell Quickstart - Bash.
If you prefer to run CLI reference commands locally, install the Azure CLI. If you're running on Windows or macOS, consider running Azure CLI in a Docker container. For more information, see How to run the Azure CLI in a Docker container.
- If you're using a local installation, sign in to the Azure CLI using the az login command. To finish the authentication process, follow the steps displayed in your terminal. For other sign-in options, see Sign in with the Azure CLI.
- When you're prompted, install the Azure CLI extension on first use. For more information about extensions, see Use extensions with the Azure CLI.
- Run az version to find the version and dependent libraries that are installed. To upgrade to the latest version, run az upgrade.

Set environment variables

Set the following environment variables to create unique resource names for each deployment:

export RESOURCE_GROUP="<your-resource-group-name>"
export REGION="<your-region>"
export CLUSTER_NAME="<your-cluster-name>"

Create a resource group

An Azure resource group is a logical group in which Azure resources are deployed and managed. When creating a resource group in Azure, you're required to specify a location. This location is the storage location of your resource group metadata and where your resources run in Azure if you don't specify another region when creating a resource.

Create a resource group using the az group create command.

az group create --name $RESOURCE_GROUP --location $REGION

Example output:

{
  "id": "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/$RESOURCE_GROUP",
  "location": "$REGION",
  "managedBy": null,
  "name": "$RESOURCE_GROUP",
  "properties": {
    "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
  },
  "tags": null,
  "type": "Microsoft.Resources/resourceGroups"
}

Create an Azure Linux Container Host cluster

Create an Azure Linux Container Host AKS cluster using the az aks create command with the --os-sku parameter set to AzureLinux.

az aks create --name $CLUSTER_NAME --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP --os-sku AzureLinux

After a few minutes, the command completes and returns JSON-formatted information about the cluster.

Connect to the cluster

To manage a Kubernetes cluster, use the Kubernetes command-line client, kubectl. kubectl is already installed if you use Azure Cloud Shell. To install kubectl locally, use the az aks install-cli command.

Configure kubectl to connect to your Kubernetes cluster using the az aks get-credentials command. This command downloads credentials and configures the Kubernetes CLI to use them.
```
az aks get-credentials --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP --name $CLUSTER_NAME
```
Verify the connection to your cluster using the kubectl get command. This command returns a list of the cluster nodes.
```
kubectl get nodes
```

Deploy the application

To deploy the application, you use a manifest file to create all the objects required to run the AKS Store application. A Kubernetes manifest file defines a cluster's desired state, such as which container images to run. The manifest includes the following Kubernetes deployments and services:

Store front: Web application for customers to view products and place orders.
Product service: Shows product information.
Order service: Places orders.
Rabbit MQ: Message queue for an order queue.

Note

We don't recommend running stateful containers, such as Rabbit MQ, without persistent storage for production. These are used here for simplicity, but we recommend using managed services, such as Azure Cosmos DB or Azure Service Bus.

Create a file named aks-store-quickstart.yaml and copy in the following manifest:

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: StatefulSet
metadata:
  name: rabbitmq
spec:
  serviceName: rabbitmq
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: rabbitmq
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: rabbitmq
    spec:
      nodeSelector:
        "kubernetes.io/os": linux
      containers:
      - name: rabbitmq
        image: mcr.microsoft.com/mirror/docker/library/rabbitmq:3.10-management-alpine
        ports:
        - containerPort: 5672
          name: rabbitmq-amqp
        - containerPort: 15672
          name: rabbitmq-http
        env:
        - name: RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER
          value: "username"
        - name: RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS
          value: "password"
        resources:
          requests:
            cpu: 10m
            memory: 128Mi
          limits:
            cpu: 250m
            memory: 256Mi
        volumeMounts:
        - name: rabbitmq-enabled-plugins
          mountPath: /etc/rabbitmq/enabled_plugins
          subPath: enabled_plugins
      volumes:
      - name: rabbitmq-enabled-plugins
        configMap:
          name: rabbitmq-enabled-plugins
          items:
          - key: rabbitmq_enabled_plugins
            path: enabled_plugins
---
apiVersion: v1
data:
  rabbitmq_enabled_plugins: |
    [rabbitmq_management,rabbitmq_prometheus,rabbitmq_amqp1_0].
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: rabbitmq-enabled-plugins            
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: rabbitmq
spec:
  selector:
    app: rabbitmq
  ports:
    - name: rabbitmq-amqp
      port: 5672
      targetPort: 5672
    - name: rabbitmq-http
      port: 15672
      targetPort: 15672
  type: ClusterIP
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: order-service
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: order-service
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: order-service
    spec:
      nodeSelector:
        "kubernetes.io/os": linux
      containers:
      - name: order-service
        image: ghcr.io/azure-samples/aks-store-demo/order-service:latest
        ports:
        - containerPort: 3000
        env:
        - name: ORDER_QUEUE_HOSTNAME
          value: "rabbitmq"
        - name: ORDER_QUEUE_PORT
          value: "5672"
        - name: ORDER_QUEUE_USERNAME
          value: "username"
        - name: ORDER_QUEUE_PASSWORD
          value: "password"
        - name: ORDER_QUEUE_NAME
          value: "orders"
        - name: FASTIFY_ADDRESS
          value: "0.0.0.0"
        resources:
          requests:
            cpu: 1m
            memory: 50Mi
          limits:
            cpu: 75m
            memory: 128Mi
        startupProbe:
          httpGet:
            path: /health
            port: 3000
          failureThreshold: 5
          initialDelaySeconds: 20
          periodSeconds: 10
        readinessProbe:
          httpGet:
            path: /health
            port: 3000
          failureThreshold: 3
          initialDelaySeconds: 3
          periodSeconds: 5
        livenessProbe:
          httpGet:
            path: /health
            port: 3000
          failureThreshold: 5
          initialDelaySeconds: 3
          periodSeconds: 3
      initContainers:
      - name: wait-for-rabbitmq
        image: busybox
        command: ['sh', '-c', 'until nc -zv rabbitmq 5672; do echo waiting for rabbitmq; sleep 2; done;']
        resources:
          requests:
            cpu: 1m
            memory: 50Mi
          limits:
            cpu: 75m
            memory: 128Mi    
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: order-service
spec:
  type: ClusterIP
  ports:
  - name: http
    port: 3000
    targetPort: 3000
  selector:
    app: order-service
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: product-service
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: product-service
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: product-service
    spec:
      nodeSelector:
        "kubernetes.io/os": linux
      containers:
      - name: product-service
        image: ghcr.io/azure-samples/aks-store-demo/product-service:latest
        ports:
        - containerPort: 3002
        env: 
        - name: AI_SERVICE_URL
          value: "http://ai-service:5001/"
        resources:
          requests:
            cpu: 1m
            memory: 1Mi
          limits:
            cpu: 2m
            memory: 20Mi
        readinessProbe:
          httpGet:
            path: /health
            port: 3002
          failureThreshold: 3
          initialDelaySeconds: 3
          periodSeconds: 5
        livenessProbe:
          httpGet:
            path: /health
            port: 3002
          failureThreshold: 5
          initialDelaySeconds: 3
          periodSeconds: 3
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: product-service
spec:
  type: ClusterIP
  ports:
  - name: http
    port: 3002
    targetPort: 3002
  selector:
    app: product-service
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: store-front
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: store-front
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: store-front
    spec:
      nodeSelector:
        "kubernetes.io/os": linux
      containers:
      - name: store-front
        image: ghcr.io/azure-samples/aks-store-demo/store-front:latest
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8080
          name: store-front
        env: 
        - name: VUE_APP_ORDER_SERVICE_URL
          value: "http://order-service:3000/"
        - name: VUE_APP_PRODUCT_SERVICE_URL
          value: "http://product-service:3002/"
        resources:
          requests:
            cpu: 1m
            memory: 200Mi
          limits:
            cpu: 1000m
            memory: 512Mi
        startupProbe:
          httpGet:
            path: /health
            port: 8080
          failureThreshold: 3
          initialDelaySeconds: 5
          periodSeconds: 5
        readinessProbe:
          httpGet:
            path: /health
            port: 8080
          failureThreshold: 3
          initialDelaySeconds: 3
          periodSeconds: 3
        livenessProbe:
          httpGet:
            path: /health
            port: 8080
          failureThreshold: 5
          initialDelaySeconds: 3
          periodSeconds: 3
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: store-front
spec:
  ports:
  - port: 80
    targetPort: 8080
  selector:
    app: store-front
  type: LoadBalancer

If you create and save the YAML file locally, then you can upload the manifest file to your default directory in CloudShell by selecting the Upload/Download files button and selecting the file from your local file system.

Deploy the application using the kubectl apply command and specify the name of your YAML manifest.
```
kubectl apply -f aks-store-quickstart.yaml
```

Test the application

You can validate that the application is running by visiting the public IP address or the application URL.

Get the application URL using the following commands:

runtime="5 minutes"
endtime=$(date -ud "$runtime" +%s)
while [[ $(date -u +%s) -le $endtime ]]
do
   STATUS=$(kubectl get pods -l app=store-front -o 'jsonpath={..status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].status}')
   echo $STATUS
   if [ "$STATUS" == 'True' ]
   then
      export IP_ADDRESS=$(kubectl get service store-front --output 'jsonpath={..status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip}')
      echo "Service IP Address: $IP_ADDRESS"
      break
   else
      sleep 10
   fi
done

curl $IP_ADDRESS

Results:

<!doctype html>
<html lang="">
   <head>
      <meta charset="utf-8">
      <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
      <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
      <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico">
      <title>store-front</title>
      <script defer="defer" src="/js/chunk-vendors.df69ae47.js"></script>
      <script defer="defer" src="/js/app.7e8cfbb2.js"></script>
      <link href="/css/app.a5dc49f6.css" rel="stylesheet">
   </head>
   <body>
      <div id="app"></div>
   </body>
</html>

echo "You can now visit your web server at $IP_ADDRESS"

Delete the cluster

If you no longer need them, you can clean up unnecessary resources to avoid Azure charges.

Delete the Azure resource group and all related resources using the az group delete command.

az group delete --name $RESOURCE_GROUP --yes --no-wait

In this quickstart, you deployed an Azure Linux Container Host cluster. To learn more about the Azure Linux Container Host, see the following resources:

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Last updated on 2026-06-02