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.

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Challenges contributed by the community members sharing their knowledge and expertise.

Challenge,  Medium

Exclude a Sidecar from VPA Using Per-Container Resource Policy

Configure a Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA) with a per-container resource policy that provides recommendations for the main container while excluding the sidecar container from any VPA-managed scaling.

Submissions: 10/13
Challenge,  Medium

Mount Specific ConfigMap Keys as Files into a Node.js Deployment

A Deployment is failing because application configuration is missing. Mount only specific keys from an existing ConfigMap as files inside the Pod at the correct path so the application can start successfully.

Submissions: 9/19
Challenge,  Easy

Configure a Memory-Backed emptyDir Volume with a Size Limit

A Deployment is using a disk-backed emptyDir volume. Convert it to a memory-backed tmpfs volume for better performance — but make sure to set a size limit to prevent the Pod from exhausting the node's RAM.

Submissions: 28/33
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