Unable to Remove Azure Defender from AKS

Question

I followed the MS documentation here...

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-containers-enable?tabs=aks-deploy-portal%2Ck8s-deploy-asc%2Ck8s-verify-asc%2Ck8s-remove-arc%2Ck8s-remove-cli&pivots=defender-for-container-aks#remove-the-defender-profile

I ran the specified command below...
az login
az account set --subscription <subscription-id>
az aks update --disable-defender --resource-group <your-resource-group> --name <your-cluster-name>

I then deleted the defender deployments and replica sets but the deployments keep reappearing.

My question is how can I permanently remove Azure Defender from my AKS clusters?

Answer 1

Hi @Jeff Puccinelli

Check your defender for cloud configuration on the subscription, and disable auto provisioning of "Microsoft Defender for Container"

Ref : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-containers-enable

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