Quick Start with AKS

Manage your AKS clusters with Meshery. Deploy Meshery in AKS in-cluster or outside of AKS out-of-cluster. Note: It is advisable to Install Meshery in your AKS clusters

Prerequisites

  1. Install the Meshery command line client, mesheryctl.
  2. Install kubectl on your local machine.
  3. Install Azure CLI, configured for your environment.
  4. Access to an active AKS cluster in one of your resource groups.

Also see: Install Meshery on Kubernetes

Available Deployment Methods

In-cluster Installation

Follow the steps below to install Meshery in your AKS cluster.

Preflight Checks

Read through the following considerations prior to deploying Meshery on AKS.

Preflight: Cluster Connectivity

  1. Verify you connection to an Azure Kubernetes Services Cluster using Azure CLI.
  2. Login to Azure account using az login.
  3. After a successful login, identify the subscription associated with your AKS cluster:

az account set --subscription [SUBSCRIPTION_ID]
  1. After setting the subscription, set the cluster context.

az aks get-credentials --resource-group [RESOURCE_GROUP] --name [AKS_SERVICE_NAME]

Preflight: Plan your access to Meshery UI

  1. If you are using port-forwarding, please refer to the port-forwarding guide for detailed instructions.
  2. If you are using a LoadBalancer, please refer to the LoadBalancer guide for detailed instructions.
  3. Customize your Meshery Provider Callback URL. Meshery Server supports customizing authentication flow callback URL, which can be configured in the following way:

$ MESHERY_SERVER_CALLBACK_URL=https://custom-host mesheryctl system start

Installation: Using mesheryctl

Use Meshery’s CLI to streamline your connection to your AKS cluster. Configure Meshery to connect to your AKS cluster by executing:


$ mesheryctl system config aks

Once configured, execute the following command to start Meshery.


$ mesheryctl system start

If you encounter any authentication issues, you can use mesheryctl system login. For more information, click here to learn more.

Installation: Using Helm

For detailed instructions on installing Meshery using Helm V3, please refer to the Helm Installation guide.

Post-Installation Steps

Access Meshery UI

To access Meshery’s UI, please refer to the instruction for detailed guidance.

Note: You can also verify health of your system using mesheryctl system check