Preparing AKS resources for the GitLab chart

For a fully functional GitLab instance, you need a few resources before deploying the GitLab chart to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

Creating the AKS cluster

Prerequisites:

• Install the prerequisites.
• Install the Azure CLI and use it to sign into Azure.

Size the cluster to meet the cluster requirements.

For the most up to date instructions, follow Microsoft’s AKS walkthrough.

External Access to GitLab

An external IP is required so that your cluster can be reachable. For the most up to date instructions, follow Microsoft’s Create a static IP address guide.

Next Steps

Continue with the installation of the chart once you have the cluster up and running, and the static IP and DNS entry ready.