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Published inApr 2024
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Michael Kaufmann
Michael Kaufmann
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Michael Kaufmann

Michael Kaufmann believes that developers and engineers can be happy and productive at work. He loves DevOps, GitHub, Azure, and modern work. Microsoft has awarded him with the title Microsoft Regional Director (RD) and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – the latter in the category of DevOps and GitHub. Michael is also the founder and managing director of Xebia Microsoft Services, Germany – a consulting company that helps its customers become digital leaders by supporting them in their cloud, DevOps, and digital transformation. Michael shares his knowledge in books, training, and as a frequent speaker at international conferences.
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Scaling self-hosted runners with Kubernetes using ARC

Kubernetes is very powerful but also quite complex. Be aware that in this recipe, I will only focus on getting you started when it comes to scaling self-hosted runners in Kubernetes. If you want to run and maintain a secure environment, you will need deeper Kubernetes know-how and must take on more work, depending on your needs.

ARC is a Kubernetes operator that orchestrates and scales your self-hosted runners’ workloads. It is an open source project but it is now fully supported by GitHub.

Getting ready…

If you already have a Kubernetes cluster, you can use that. If not, you can create a new one in Azure by running the following commands:

$ az group create --name AKSCluster -l westeurope
$ az aks create --resource-group AKSCluster \
> --name AKSCluster \
> --node-count 3 \
> --enable-addons monitoring \
> --generate-ssh-keys
$ az aks get-credentials --resource-group AKSCluster --name AKSCluster...
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Michael Kaufmann

Michael Kaufmann believes that developers and engineers can be happy and productive at work. He loves DevOps, GitHub, Azure, and modern work. Microsoft has awarded him with the title Microsoft Regional Director (RD) and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – the latter in the category of DevOps and GitHub. Michael is also the founder and managing director of Xebia Microsoft Services, Germany – a consulting company that helps its customers become digital leaders by supporting them in their cloud, DevOps, and digital transformation. Michael shares his knowledge in books, training, and as a frequent speaker at international conferences.
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