Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a managed implementation of the popular Kubernetes container orchestration platform, which has many components. 

The Azure Container Registry stores container images and application package definitions in its database. When needed, the Kubernetes runtime loads instances from the registry. Organizations often use automated continuous integration and continuous delivery CI/CD development processes such as Azure Pipelines to update the images in the registry.

The control plane enables administrators to control the configuration and operation of the service. The control plane hosts both the runtime configuration and status and in addition the APIs needed for administrative tools. AKS’s implementation of the control plane provides high availability such that it does not become a single point of failure.

Clusters are groupings of Kubernetes service nodes.

Service nodes (physical servers or VMs) host the Kubernetes runtime and one or more pods, which are the basic unit of deployment. Each pod typically holds one container image, although in certain cases in which colocation can add performance, a pod may hold more than one image. 

Azure Kubernetes Service is a managed implementation of the popular Kubernetes container orchestration platform, which has many components.

The Azure Container Registry stores container images and application package definitions in its database. When needed, the Kubernetes runtime loads instances from the registry. Organizations often use automated CI/CD development processes such as Azure Pipelines to update the images in the registry.

The control plane enables administrators to control the configuration and operation of the service. The control plane hosts both the runtime configuration and status and in addition the APIs needed for administrative tools. AKS’s implementation of the control plane provides high availability such that it does not become a single point of failure.

Clusters are groupings of Kubernetes service nodes.

Service nodes (physical servers or VMs) host the Kubernetes runtime and one or more pods, which are the basic unit of deployment. Each pod typically holds one container image, although in certain cases in which colocation can add performance, a pod may hold more than one image.