Challenges

Focused, hands-on problems for sharpening your DevOps and server-side skills. Some teach specific concepts while others mirror real-world scenarios. Every challenge includes hints, feedback, and automated solution checks.

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Challenge, Easy, on Kubernetes, Containers

Mount Static Assets from an OCI Image into a Kubernetes Pod

by Ivan Velichko

Use Kubernetes image volumes to mount a static HTML artifact into an nginx Pod without an init container or a custom nginx image.

#kubernetes-101 #oci-image #storage #container-volume

This challenge was prepared for you by the iximiuz Labs team.

Challenge, Easy, on Kubernetes, Containers

Deploy a Pod with a Container Image from a Private Registry

by Ivan Velichko

Practice configuring Kubernetes to pull images from a private registry and run Pods with authenticated registry access.

#kubernetes-101 #container-registry #container-image #kubectl

This challenge was prepared for you by the iximiuz Labs team.

Challenge, Easy, on Kubernetes, Containers

Deploy a Resource-Greedy Pod Without Breaking the Kubernetes Cluster

by Ivan Velichko

Prove your SRE skills - deploy a resource-greedy application to a Kubernetes cluster and make it run for a while without disrupting the service.

#kubernetes-101 #pod-resources #cgroups #oom

This challenge was prepared for you by the iximiuz Labs team.

Challenge, Easy, on Containers, Kubernetes

Copy Files To/From a Running Kubernetes Pod: a Simple Case

by Ivan Velichko

Practice copying files to/from running Kubernetes Pods to become a Kubernetes troubleshooting ninja.

#kubernetes-101 #kubectl #debugging