Configure AWS and Azure deployments

Radius supports deploying application resources to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. The default Recipe Pack deploys resources to Kubernetes. To use AWS or Azure cloud services, configure credentials, a target Environment, and recipes for those services.

The Radius control plane runs on a supported Kubernetes cluster, including Amazon EKS and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Installing Radius on EKS or AKS does not, by itself, configure recipes to provision cloud services.

Configure a cloud deployment

1. Register cloud credentials. Choose an identity from the table below and follow its credential guide. The identity needs permission to provision the resources your recipes create.
2. Configure the Environment. Set the AWS account and region, or the Azure subscription and resource group, where resources will be deployed. See Update an Environment.
3. Assign Recipe Packs. Choose or author recipes for the target cloud, then assign their Recipe Packs to the Environment. See Manage Recipe Packs. Each Resource Type the application uses needs a recipe, and the assigned packs must not define duplicate recipes for the same Resource Type.

With the Environment configured, deploy the application to it.

Supported cloud providers and identities

Resource support and portability

The community Recipe Packs provide implementations for AWS and Azure. Check the selected pack’s resource mappings, recipe parameters, and prerequisites before deploying. AWS and Azure support does not mean that every Resource Type has a recipe for both clouds.

An application definition can be reused across clouds when each Environment provides recipes that implement the Resource Types and properties it uses. Cloud-specific resource definitions remain tied to their cloud. See Deploying across AWS and Azure for an example.