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Enforce Deployment Safeguards with Azure Policy and Gatekeeper

In this lab, you will deploy an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster with the Azure Policy add-on enabled. You will then enable AKS Deployment safeguards, which uses Gatekeeper to enforce policies on your cluster. Finally, you will test the deployment safeguards by attempting to deploy a pod that does not comply with the policies, and then updating the pod manifest to comply with the policies.

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Nov 21, 2025
Duration
15m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Deploy an AKS Cluster with Azure Policy Enabled

    Create a cluster with the following specifications:

    • Node count: 1
    • Tier: free
    • Node VM size: Standard_D2s_v3
  2. Challenge

    Enable and Test Deployment Safeguards

    Enable and test deployment safeguards using Gatekeeper.

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