AKS Networking and Ingress#

AKS networking involves three layers: how pods communicate (CNI plugin), how traffic enters the cluster (load balancers and ingress controllers), and how the cluster connects to other Azure resources (VNet integration, private endpoints). Each layer has Azure-specific behavior that differs from generic Kubernetes.

Azure Load Balancer for Services#

When you create a Service of type LoadBalancer in AKS, Azure provisions a Standard SKU Azure Load Balancer. AKS manages the load balancer rules and health probes automatically.