Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports bring-your-own control plane managed identity

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Published

Jul 21, 2020

Status

In preview

Timeline

  • July 2020
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Product

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Tag

Features

Category

Compute
Containers

Description

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports bring-your-own identities for the control plane managed identity. The Kubernetes cloud provider uses this identity to create resources like Azure Load Balancer, public IP addresses, and others on behalf of the user. Managed identities simplify overall management of authorization, as users don’t have to manage service principals on their own.

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