Content by samcogan (7)

samcogan explains why teams running Ingress NGINX on AKS need to plan a migration, and walks through moving to Azure Application Gateway for Containers (AGC), including architecture basics, prerequisite checks (Azure CNI and workload identity), and using Microsoft’s AGC Migration Utility to generate Gateway API YAML and a coverage report.

samcogan provides a practical migration guide for moving from a standalone Nginx Ingress controller to the Azure AKS App Routing add-on, outlining zero-downtime techniques and actionable advice for long-term Kubernetes ingress strategy.

Sam Cogan presents a practical proof-of-concept for automating Azure Traffic Manager configuration using External DNS and Kubernetes, enabling multi-region DNS-based load balancing and streamlined deployment workflows.

samcogan explains the new Identity Bindings feature in AKS, showing how it resolves the scaling and automation issues found in older Managed Identity models by using RBAC-driven authorization within Kubernetes clusters.

samcogan shares an in-depth strategy for managing Kubernetes cluster scaling in Azure by using low priority pods as preemptible buffers, enabling faster workload response and minimizing downtime during traffic spikes.

Sam Cogan presents a comprehensive review of secure methods for accessing AKS from Azure Cloud Shell, highlighting configuration scripts, networking solutions, and practical security tips for Azure administrators.

In this community article, samcogan breaks down how to manage private pod subnets in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) without overlay networking, addressing NAT challenges and actionable deployment steps.