faq.md

AKS Engine FAQ

This page provides help with the most common questions about AKS Engine.

Is AKS Engine currently maintained?

See the AKS Engine project status for updates on the maintenance of AKS Engine.

What's the Difference Between AKS and AKS Engine?

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a Microsoft Azure service that supports fully managed Kubernetes clusters. AKS Engine is an Azure open source project that allows you to create your own Kubernetes clusters with lots of user-configurable options, but with no official Azure support.

AKS clusters can be created in the Azure portal or with az aks create in the Azure command-line tool. AKS Engine clusters can be created with aks-engine deploy (aks-engine is the AKS Engine command-line tool), or by generating ARM templates with aks-engine generate and deploying them as a separate step using the az command-line tool (e.g., az group deployement create).

Can I Build an AKS Cluster with aks-engine?

No, the aks-engine command line tool will not create an AKS cluster. To learn about AKS, you can read the official docs.

What's the Difference Between acs-engine and aks-engine?

AKS Engine is the next version of the ACS-Engine project. AKS Engine supports current and future versions of Kubernetes, while ACS-Engine also supported the Docker Swarm and Mesos DC/OS container orchestrators.

Can I Scale or Upgrade an acs-engine-created Kubernetes Cluster with aks-engine?

Yes.

Is ACS-Engine Still Active?

No further development or releases in ACS-Engine are planned. AKS Engine is a backward-compatible continuation of ACS-Engine, so all fixes and new features will target AKS Engine.

Should I use the latest aks-engine release if I was previously using acs-engine?

Yes. aks-engine released v0.27.0 as a continuation of the ACS-Engine project (v0.26.2 was the final acs-engine release) with all the Kubernetes fixes and features included in v0.26.2 and more.