Deploy to AKS
SkillCloud & infraUse when deploying an existing web application or API to an already-running Azure Kubernetes Service cluster. Detects the framework, generates a Dockerfile and Kubernetes manifests, validates against AKS Deployment Safeguards, and deploys with verification. WHEN: deploy app to AKS, deploy to existing AKS cluster, containerize app for Kubernetes, generate K8s manifests for Azure, set up CI/CD for AKS, my AKS deployment is failing safeguard checks, I have a Django/Express/Spring Boot app to run on AKS. DO NOT USE FOR: creating or provisioning an AKS cluster (use azure-kubernetes), assessing migration to AKS Automatic (use azure-kubernetes-automatic-readiness), or deploying to non-AKS targets like Web Apps, Container Apps, or Functions.
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What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure in plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-kubernetes/azure-kubernetes-app-deploy/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Use when: deploying a web app/API to AKS; containerizing for Kubernetes; generating manifests; AKS CI/CD; DS001–DS013 failures.
Not for: provisioning clusters (azure-kubernetes), AKS Automatic readiness (azure-kubernetes-automatic-readiness), non-AKS targets.
Workflow
Requires: existing AKS cluster, az login, kubectl configured. Follow phases/quick-deploy.md. On failure: references/rollback.md.
References
- detection.md — framework/port/health detection
- safeguards.md — DS001-DS013 checklist
- workload-identity.md — Workload Identity setup
- rollback.md — recovery procedures
- base-images.md — base image policy and
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Knowledge Packs
Load knowledge-packs/frameworks/<framework>.md per detected framework. Available: spring-boot, express, nextjs, fastapi, django, nestjs, aspnet-core, go, flask
Templates
templates/ (dockerfiles/, k8s/, github-actions/, mermaid/).
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 251
- Forks
- 202
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
ahel review
S4info
community integration — published by microsoft, not kubernetes
Automated review, not a security audit. Ruleset v1.
ahel recommends instead
Advanced
- Catalog kind
- skill
- Gateway key
azure-kubernetes-app-deploy-microsoft- Source
- github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure