An AKS cluster has at least one node, an Azure virtual machine (VM) that runs the Kubernetes node components and container runtime. The Kubernetes agent that processes the orchestration requests from the control plane and scheduling of running the requested containers. Handles virtual networking on each node.

What is AKS in Kubernetes?

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) offers serverless Kubernetes, an integrated continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) experience and enterprise-grade security and governance. Unite your development and operations teams on a single platform to rapidly build, deliver and scale applications with confidence.

What is the difference between Kubernetes and aks?

AKS has been the fastest to provide the newer Kubernetes versions as well as minor patches. As opposed to GKE, which is fully automatic, AKS has a semi-manual process to upgrade Cluster components to newer versions. However, a fully automatic solution is in development. AKS provides automatic node health repair.