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AKS Engine FAQ

This page provides help with the most common questions about 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.