https://mialdo.com/tags/aks/Recent content in AKS on Mialdo | Cloud, AI and Infrastructure ConsultancyHugoen-AUMon, 11 May 2026 12:17:25 +1000https://mialdo.com/blog/aks-to-aca-migration-app-gateway-bicep/Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://mialdo.com/blog/aks-to-aca-migration-app-gateway-bicep/<p>This post covers the technical patterns behind our <a href="https://mialdo.com/case-studies/from-aks-overheads-to-cloud-native-freedom/">Scalene Solutions case study</a>, focusing on the Bicep automation and Application Gateway configuration.</p> <h2 id="the-architecture">The architecture</h2> <p>Azure Container Apps run inside a private VNet with no public endpoints. All inbound traffic routes through Azure Application Gateway, which provides WAF protection, SSL termination, and host-based routing.</p> <p>This gives you the simplicity of Container Apps with the security posture of a properly segmented network.</p> <h2 id="bicep-loop-patterns">Bicep loop patterns</h2> <p>The key insight is that Application Gateway configuration is highly repetitive. Every microservice needs a backend pool, an HTTP listener, a health probe, and a routing rule. Instead of writing these individually, we use Bicep&rsquo;s <code>for</code> loops against a parameter array.</p>https://mialdo.com/case-studies/from-aks-overheads-to-cloud-native-freedom/Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://mialdo.com/case-studies/from-aks-overheads-to-cloud-native-freedom/Scalene Solutions needed to reduce the operational burden of running Kubernetes while maintaining enterprise-grade security for their retail intelligence platform. We audited their Azure environment, redesigned the architecture using the Well-Architected Framework, and migrated workloads from AKS to Azure Container Apps with full Bicep automation.