AKS-EDI

Azure managed Kubernetes — free control plane, native Azure AD integration.

Definition

AKS provides Virtual Machine Scale Sets as node pools, virtual nodes (ACI-based serverless containers). Compatible with ASM (Azure Service Mesh), AGIC (App Gateway Ingress Controller), Workload Identity. Used to host custom EDI Logic Apps or open-source middleware (Camel, self-hosted MuleSoft).

Origin

Launched by Microsoft to GA in June 2018.

Example in context

An AKS cluster with Azure Front Door, Application Gateway, and a PEPPOL AS4 access point pod.

Related terms

• Kubernetes — upstream orchestrator.