diff --git a/daprdocs/content/en/developing-applications/integrations/Azure/azure-kubernetes-service-extension.md b/daprdocs/content/en/developing-applications/integrations/Azure/azure-kubernetes-service-extension.md index ccfda323f59..15fb82cacfb 100644 --- a/daprdocs/content/en/developing-applications/integrations/Azure/azure-kubernetes-service-extension.md +++ b/daprdocs/content/en/developing-applications/integrations/Azure/azure-kubernetes-service-extension.md @@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ description: "Provision Dapr on your Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster with weight: 4000 --- -The recommended approach for installing Dapr on AKS is to use the AKS Dapr extension. The extension offers: +The current recommended approach for installing Dapr on AKS is to [install Dapr using helm]({{% ref kubernetes-deploy.md %}}) and performing any authorization for Azure services using [workload identity federation]({{< ref howto-wif.md >}}). This ensures that: +- Dapr is easy to update and remains compatible with the Dapr ecosystem +- Components can authorize transparently without requiring additional credentials + +If you need to or are already using the AKS Dapr extension, it offers: - Support for all native Dapr configuration capabilities through command-line arguments via the Azure CLI - The option of opting into automatic minor version upgrades of the Dapr runtime -{{% alert title="Note" color="warning" %}} -If you install Dapr through the AKS extension, best practice is to continue using the extension for future management of Dapr _instead of the Dapr CLI_. Combining the two tools can cause conflicts and result in undesired behavior. -{{% /alert %}} - Prerequisites for using the Dapr extension for AKS: - [An Azure subscription](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/?WT.mc_id=A261C142F) - [The latest version of the Azure CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/cli/azure/install-azure-cli)