Overview of Azure Containers
Azure offers a comprehensive set of services for building, deploying, and managing containerized applications. Containers provide a lightweight, portable, and consistent environment for your applications, ensuring they run reliably across different infrastructures.
This documentation will guide you through the various Azure container services, their use cases, and how to get started.
Key Azure Container Services
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
AKS is a managed Kubernetes service that simplifies deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications. It abstracts away the complexity of the control plane, allowing you to focus on your applications.
- Orchestration: Automate deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
- Scalability: Easily scale your applications up or down based on demand.
- Hybrid: Deploy consistent applications across on-premises and cloud environments.
Azure Container Instances (ACI)
ACI provides the fastest and simplest way to run a container in Azure. It allows you to deploy containers directly without managing underlying virtual machines or orchestration platforms.
- Simplicity: Run containers with simple commands.
- Event-driven: Ideal for tasks, batch jobs, and CI/CD pipelines.
- No VM management: Focus solely on your containerized workloads.
Azure Container Registry (ACR)
ACR is a managed, private Docker registry service that stores and manages your private container images and related artifacts. It is built on the open-source Docker Registry 2.0.
- Private registry: Securely store and manage your container images.
- Geo-replication: Distribute registry content across Azure regions.
- Integration: Seamless integration with AKS, ACI, and CI/CD tools.
Azure Container Apps
Azure Container Apps is a fully managed serverless platform that enables you to run microservices and containerized applications without managing infrastructure. It is built on Kubernetes and provides features like scaling, load balancing, and secure ingress.
- Serverless: Pay only for what you consume, with automatic scaling.
- Microservices: Optimized for modern microservice architectures.
- Developer-friendly: Simplified experience for deploying and running containers.
Learn more about Azure Container Apps.
Use Cases for Azure Containers
- Web Applications: Deploy and scale web applications with ease.
- Microservices: Build, deploy, and manage distributed systems.
- Batch Processing: Run background jobs and data processing tasks.
- CI/CD Pipelines: Integrate containerization into your continuous integration and delivery workflows.
- Edge Computing: Deploy and manage containers on edge devices.