Introduction to Azure Kubernetes Service

Sitecore Experience Platform (SXP) uses Kubernetes (K8s) as the default orchestrator for deploying production environments.

This guide describes how to deploy the SXP containers to the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). AKS is a Microsoft cloud hosted Kubernetes service with additional functionality that takes advantage of Azure specific features like blob storage and load balancing.

The SXP Kubernetes specification files you use to map the minimum required configuration parameters between the Sitecore software containers are provided in the SXP container package as a reference. You can extend these specifications to support your own requirements. It is your responsibility to ensure that your production deployments meet the standards for stability and security set by your organization.

The SXP for Kubernetes specification files are designed to avoid Azure specific dependencies where possible.