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Test Lab Only — End-to-End Local Deployment Guide

⚠️ For local/lab testing only. This bypasses Azure DevOps pipelines and deploys everything directly from your machine using Terraform, Docker, and kubectl. For the full pipeline-based tutorial, follow the numbered labs instead.

Prerequisites

Ensure the following tools are installed:

Tool Minimum Version
Azure CLI Latest
Terraform >= 1.14.0
Docker Desktop Latest
kubectl Latest

Log in to Azure before running:

az login
az account set --subscription "<your-subscription-id>"

Configuration

The deploy script uses these environment variables (defaults shown):

export PROJECT_NAME="devopsjourneyapr2026"   # Prefix for all Azure resources
export LOCATION="uksouth"                     # Azure region

AKS version note: The deployment targets Kubernetes 1.33. Verify it is available in your chosen region:

az aks get-versions --location uksouth --query "values[].version" -o table

Terraform state note: The admin_object_id in labs/2-AzureDevOps-Terraform-Pipeline/vars/production.tfvars must be set to your Azure AD group or user object ID before deploying. See Lab 1 — Step 3.

Automated Deployment

Run from the repository root:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/thomast1906/DevOps-Journey-Using-Azure-DevOps.git
cd DevOps-Journey-Using-Azure-DevOps

# Deploy everything (infrastructure + app)
./scripts/deploy-all.sh

# Clean up all resources when done
./scripts/cleanup-all.sh

The deploy script will:

  1. Check all prerequisites (az, terraform, docker, kubectl)
  2. Verify Azure authentication
  3. Create Terraform remote state storage (devops-journey-rg-apr2026)
  4. Create an Azure AD group for AKS admins
  5. Run terraform init / plan / apply for all infrastructure (ACR, VNet, Log Analytics, AKS, Key Vault, App Insights) in a single apply
  6. Fetch AKS credentials (kubectl context configured automatically)
  7. Build and push the Python/Flask Docker image to ACR
  8. Update app.yaml with the correct image reference
  9. Deploy the application to Kubernetes and wait for rollout
  10. Print the LoadBalancer URL when ready

What Gets Deployed

Resource Name
Resource Group devopsjourneyapr2026-rg
AKS Cluster devopsjourneyapr2026aks (K8s 1.33)
ACR devopsjourneyapr2026acr
Key Vault devopsjourneyapr2026kv
App Insights Workspace-based, connection string
Log Analytics devopsjourneyapr2026 workspace
VNet devopsjourney-vnet (192.168.0.0/16)
App Python 3.13 / Flask 3.1.3 on port 5000

Versions in Use

Component Version
Terraform >= 1.14.0, < 2.0.0
Azure Provider (azurerm) >= 4.68.0, < 5.0.0
AKS Kubernetes 1.33
Python base image 3.13-slim
Flask 3.1.3
azure-monitor-opentelemetry 1.8.7