# addAzureKubernetesEnvironment

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Kubernetes](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.kubernetes.md)
- Version: `13.4.0-preview.1.26281.18`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Adds an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) environment to the distributed application. This provisions an AKS cluster and configures it as a Kubernetes compute environment.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addAzureKubernetesEnvironment(name: string): AzureKubernetesEnvironmentResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)

## Returns

[AzureKubernetesEnvironmentResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.kubernetes/azurekubernetesenvironmentresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.kubernetes/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)