Overview

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a managed container orchestration service, based on the open source Kubernetes system, which is available on the Microsoft Azure public cloud. An organization can use AKS to deploy, scale and manage Docker containers and container-based applications across a cluster of container hosts. Since AKS is a managed service, Microsoft handles all Kubernetes upgrades for the service, as new versions become available. You can decide whether and when to upgrade the Kubernetes version in your own AKS cluster to reduce the possibility of accidental workload disruption.

Mend Integration with AKS

Mend Kubernetes controller is a designated pod inside your AKS cluster. When installed, it scans the entire cluster as a baseline for future changes and shows the full picture of libraries, images, alert, vulnerabilities, and licenses in your Mend portal. This pod then tracks changes in the cluster (for example, a new deployment or image modification), scans the container images and reports cluster security-related information, such as vulnerabilities per pod.

For more information about Mend and Kubernetes, refer to Kubernetes: Getting Started.This page is available at: https://docs.mend.io/bundle/integrations/page/aks_-_azure_kubernetes_service.html