Microservices: AKS & Twelve-Factors

Azure Kubernetes Service

A fully managed Kubernetes service that includes serverless Kubernetes, integrated CI/CD, enterprise-grade security, and governance. Charges are limited to virtual machines, storage, and networking resources, not cluster management fees.

Service Deployment Platform: AKS

AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) is a fully managed Kubernetes platform used to deploy, scale, and manage containerized microservices on the Azure cloud.

What is a Twelve-Factor App?

The Twelve-Factor Methodology is a collection of best practices for creating microservices applications. These practices are divided into twelve distinct areas of application development. The twelve-factor architectural pattern is commonly used to create modern and scalable SaaS-based cloud services.

The Twelve-Factors

The following are the 12 factors:

1. Codebase
2. Dependencies
3. Config
4. Backing services
5. Build, Release run
6. Processes
7. Port binding
8. Concurrency
9. Disposability
10. Dev/prod parity
11. Logs
12. Admin processes

Benefits of Twelve-Factor App

• Automate setups to save time for beginners.
• Clean the OS contract and go anywhere.
• Cloud-ready; eliminate servers and embrace independence.
• Keep development and production in sync, deploy faster, and stay agile.
• Scale effortlessly; performance is not an afterthought.