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name: azure-kubernetes-app-deploy license: MIT metadata: author: Microsoft version: "1.0.0" description: "Use when deploying an existing web application or API to an already-running Azure Kubernetes Service cluster. Detects the framework, generates a Dockerfile and Kubernetes manifests, validates against AKS Deployment Safeguards, and deploys with verification. WHEN: deploy app to AKS, deploy to existing AKS cluster, containerize app for Kubernetes, generate K8s manifests for Azure, set up CI/CD for AKS, my AKS deployment is failing safeguard checks, I have a Django/Express/Spring Boot app to run on AKS. DO NOT USE FOR: creating or provisioning an AKS cluster (use azure-kubernetes), assessing migration to AKS Automatic (use azure-kubernetes-automatic-readiness), or deploying to non-AKS targets like Web Apps, Container Apps, or Functions."

Deploy to AKS

Use when: deploying a web app/API to AKS; containerizing for Kubernetes; generating manifests; AKS CI/CD; DS001–DS013 failures.

Not for: provisioning clusters (azure-kubernetes), AKS Automatic readiness (azure-kubernetes-automatic-readiness), non-AKS targets.

Workflow

Requires: existing AKS cluster, az login, kubectl configured. Follow phases/quick-deploy.md. On failure: references/rollback.md.

References

• detection.md — framework/port/health detection
• safeguards.md — DS001-DS013 checklist
• workload-identity.md — Workload Identity setup
• rollback.md — recovery procedures
• base-images.md — base image policy and <LATEST_STABLE_*> resolution

Knowledge Packs

Load knowledge-packs/frameworks/<framework>.md per detected framework. Available: spring-boot, express, nextjs, fastapi, django, nestjs, aspnet-core, go, flask

Templates

templates/ (dockerfiles/, k8s/, github-actions/, mermaid/).