AZ471270 - Public Preview: IMDS restriction support in AKS

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Published

Dec 11, 2024

Status

In preview

Timeline

  • December 2024
    Preview

Product

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Tag

Features

Category

Compute
Containers

Description

Currently, all pods on AKS nodes can access the AKS worker node's Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) endpoint. 

AKS now offers a managed solution that restricts IMDS endpoint access for customer pods. Only AKS system pods and user pods with host network can access IMDS for retrieving information or authentication. 

Learn more.