Mount Static Assets from an OCI Image into a Kubernetes Pod
Use Kubernetes image volumes to mount a static HTML artifact into an nginx Pod without an init container or a custom nginx image.
Submissions: 42/71
Challenges
Focused hands-on problems designed to help you hone your DevOps or Server Side skills. Some challenges are more educational, while others are based on real-world scenarios. The platform provides hints and feedback for each challenge, including automated solution checks.
Official Collection
Challenges crafted by iximiuz Labs to help you master DevOps and Server Side topics.
Deploy a Pod with a Container Image from a Private Registry
Practice configuring Kubernetes to pull images from a private registry and run Pods with authenticated registry access.
Submissions: 362/668
Diagnose and Resolve Stability Issues in a Go Application Deployment
This challenge focuses on debugging memory usage issues in a Go application deployed in a Kubernetes cluster. The goal is to ensure the application can handle moderate traffic without crashing, even when it runs with significantly constrained memory resources.
Submissions: 314/631
Make a Kubernetes Pod Survive an OOM Event Without Restarting
Hack your way through this challenge making the OOM kills invisible again.
Submissions: 104/393
Independent Authors
Challenges from outstanding independent authors proudly hosted by iximiuz Labs.
Challenge, Hard, on
Kube Mysteries: The Invisible Pod
Did you know that pods can become invisible? Can you figure out how?
Community Collection
Challenges contributed by the community members sharing their knowledge and expertise.
Challenge, Medium, on
Kubernetes Pod Scaling: Horizontal Pod Autoscaler
Scale deployments automatically based on CPU utilization - and see why resource requests are a prerequisite for HPA to work.
Submissions: 6/10
Expose Internal Services Using NGINX Kubernetes Gateway API
by Omkar Shelke
Configure a Kubernetes Gateway API setup to expose aviation platform services using path-based routing for flight and booking services.
Submissions: 31/53
Challenge, Easy, on
Kubernetes Pod Lifecycle Fundamentals
by Adithya G
Practice the fundamental lifecycle of a Kubernetes Pod: creation, inspection (IP, node), interaction (executing commands, checking logs), and deletion.
Submissions: 101/278
Challenge, Easy, on
CKA Practice: Upgrade Multi-Node Kubernetes Cluster
by Adam Leskis
This exercise tests your ability to safely upgrade a multi-node Kubernetes cluster from version 1.30 to 1.31 following the standard upgrade procedure.
Submissions: 56/180