After registering an on-premises Kubernetes cluster with Azure Arc, if I want to access the "Workloads" option under "Kubernetes resources (preview)" in the Azure portal, do I need to create a service account bearer token? And if so, is there any Azure bi

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After registering an on-premises Kubernetes cluster with Azure Arc, if I want to access the "Workloads" option under "Kubernetes resources (preview)" in the Azure portal, do I need to create a service account bearer token? And if so, is there any Azure billing associated with it, or can I use it for free?

Answer 1

@Varsha Zutshi - Welcome to Microsoft Q&A and thanks for reaching out to us.

Yes, you do need the service account bearer token because Arc Kubernetes resource provider in Azure needs to authenticate and communicate with your Kubernetes cluster to retrieve workload info. In terms of billing, there's no cost to see the workload info in Azure Portal. It's only if you add security, monitoring, compliance, or other services on top of the workload that cost is incurred. 

Please find more info on cost:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/hybrid/arc-enabled-kubernetes/eslz-arc-kubernetes-cost-governance

Hope this helps. and please feel free to reach out if you have any further questions.

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