Microsoft has revealed its Azure Linux is lastly obtainable, greater than half a 12 months after getting into its remaining public preview levels below the codename CBL-Mariner, as a container host for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

Linux Techniques Group Principal Program Supervisor Lead, Jim Perrin, described it as a “light-weight, safe, and dependable OS platform” which has been optimized to run in accordance with its personal Azure.

Within the announcement, Perrin cited the “rigorous suite of Azure validation assessments” and the diminished variety of packages within the container host as key facilitators for its safety and resilience.

Azure Linux for AKS

The corporate explains that Azure Linux container host for AKS is designed for minimalism and with the cloud in thoughts. With fewer graphical interfaces, the corporate reckons that fewer assault surfaces can be found, that there are fewer dependencies, and that it has a smaller footprint, all contributing to efficiency and safety.

Seismic VP Engineering, Euan Davidson, mentioned: “With the Microsoft-managed Linux distribution, we profit from elevated stability and a extra streamlined assist course of.”

In an effort to offer first rate assist from the get-go, Microsoft additionally introduced partnerships with software program distributors like HashiCorp, Palo Alto Networks, and Dynatrace, with area for extra distributors to hitch forces by way of an electronic mail software: [email protected]. 

In response to the assist documentation, the Azure Linux Container Host helps the NCv3 collection and NCasT4_v3 collection VM sizes, nevertheless there isn’t any assist for the NC A100 v4 collection.

Not like within the firm’s historical past, Microsoft this time determined to not borrow and adapt an current Linux distro like Fedora, as an alternative creating its personal.

“We figured, construct it from scratch. We will tailor it to our wants. We’re making the adjustments as we have to and, frankly, it is sort of what the Linux ecosystem is about,” mentioned Perrin in a Q&A earlier this month concerning the announcement at Construct 2023.

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