Nap Evidence Collection · AKS Cost Optimization · microsoft/azure-skills · Skills Docs

Nap Evidence Collection · AKS Cost Optimization · microsoft/azure-skills · Skills Docs

az aks show \
  --name "<CLUSTER_NAME>" --resource-group "<RESOURCE_GROUP>" \
  --query "{id:id,location:location,sku:sku.name,mode:nodeProvisioningProfile.mode,identityType:identity.type,network:{plugin:networkProfile.networkPlugin,pluginMode:networkProfile.networkPluginMode,dataplane:networkProfile.networkDataplane,policy:networkProfile.networkPolicy,ipFamilies:networkProfile.ipFamilies,loadBalancerSku:networkProfile.loadBalancerSku},agentPools:agentPoolProfiles[].{name:name,mode:mode,os:osType,sku:vmSize,cas:enableAutoScaling,min:minCount,max:maxCount,count:count,zones:availabilityZones,subnet:vnetSubnetId,podSubnet:podSubnetId,podIpAllocationMode:podIpAllocationMode,labels:nodeLabels,taints:nodeTaints}}" -o json

kubectl get events --all-namespaces \
  --field-selector reason=FailedScheduling \
  -o custom-columns="LAST_SEEN:.lastTimestamp,NAMESPACE:.metadata.namespace,OBJECT:.involvedObject.name,MESSAGE:.message"

kubectl get pods -n "<NAMESPACE>" \
  --field-selector=status.phase=Pending \
  -o custom-columns="NAME:.metadata.name,OWNER_KIND:.metadata.ownerReferences[0].kind,OWNER_NAME:.metadata.ownerReferences[0].name,REQUESTS:.spec.containers[*].resources.requests,INIT_REQUESTS:.spec.initContainers[*].resources.requests,OVERHEAD:.spec.overhead,NODE_SELECTOR:.spec.nodeSelector,AFFINITY:.spec.affinity,TOLERATIONS:.spec.tolerations,TOPOLOGY_SPREAD:.spec.topologySpreadConstraints,PVCS:.spec.volumes[*].persistentVolumeClaim.claimName"

kubectl get nodes -l "kubernetes.azure.com/agentpool=<POOL>" \
  -o custom-columns="NAME:.metadata.name,SKU:.metadata.labels.node\.kubernetes\.io/instance-type,ZONE:.metadata.labels.topology\.kubernetes\.io/zone,CPU:.status.allocatable.cpu,MEMORY:.status.allocatable.memory,PODS:.status.allocatable.pods,TAINTS:.spec.taints"

az monitor metrics list-definitions --resource "<AKS_RESOURCE_ID>" \
  --query "[].{name:name.value,aggregation:primaryAggregationType}" -o json

az monitor metrics list --resource "<AKS_RESOURCE_ID>" \
  --metrics "<DISCOVERED_UNSCHEDULABLE_METRIC>" \
  --start-time "<START_TIME>" --end-time "<END_TIME>" \
  --interval PT1H --aggregation "<PRIMARY_AGGREGATION>" -o json

Question	Minimal read and use
VM compatibility	Derive candidate families/sizes from workload fit and current pools. Query each with `az vm list-skus --location "<LOCATION>" --resource-type virtualMachines --size "<SIZE_OR_FAMILY>" --query "[].{name:name,zones:locationInfo[0].zones,capabilities:capabilities,restrictions:restrictions}" -o json`. Record queried sizes; add `--all` only when unavailable-SKU restrictions must be inspected
Quota headroom	`az vm list-usage --location "<LOCATION>" -o json`; check regional and family vCPU quota, plus Spot when proposed
Subnet capacity or access	`az network vnet subnet show --ids "<SUBNET_ID>" -o json`; verify growth and inspect identity access only when unresolved
Policy restriction	Inspect only the relevant definition and parameters at the affected scope
Volume topology	Read only referenced PVCs, StorageClasses, and bound PVs; exclude failures that another node cannot resolve