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Identify the Source of Unexpected Requests in a Kubernetes Cluster

An internal service started receiving requests from unexpected IP addresses. Identify the unexpected sources and find out which workloads and teams are behind them.

#kubectl #ip #investigation

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Challenge on Kubernetes, Networking

Access a Private Kubernetes API Server Through an SSH SOCKS Proxy

by Ivan Velichko

The production Kubernetes cluster lives inside a private VPC, and its API server has no public endpoint. Turn an SSH connection to the bastion host into a SOCKS proxy and teach kubectl to use it, so the cluster becomes manageable from your workstation.

#kubectl #ssh #tunnel #socks

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Challenge on Kubernetes, Linux

Copy Config Files from a Running Pod

by Omkar Shelke

A Deployment is running in the platform namespace with 3 replicas. Each pod has configuration files at /app/config/. Copy those files to /home/laborant/config/ on the local machine.

#ckad #cka #kubectl #configmap #tar

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Challenge on Kubernetes

Copy a File into a Running Pod to Serve a Custom NGINX Page

by Omkar Shelke

A Pod runs NGINX behind a NodePort Service. Copy an HTML page from dev-machine into the running Pod so NGINX serves it as the default page, without changing the Pod or the Service.

#ckad #cka #kubectl #pod

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Challenge on Kubernetes

Use kubectl-convert to Fix Deprecated APIs in a Kubernetes Manifest

by Omkar Shelke

Identify and fix deprecated API versions in a Kubernetes manifest using the kubectl-convert plugin, then deploy the updated manifest.

#cka #ckad #kubectl #api-deprecation #deployment

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Challenge 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

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Challenge on Kubernetes

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.

#kubernetes-101 #pods #kubectl

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Challenge on Containers, Kubernetes

Copy Files To/From a Running Kubernetes Pod: a Distroless Image Case

by Ivan Velichko

An ultimate Kubernetes troubleshooting challenge: can you copy files to/from a running Pod that doesn't have a shell or other command line tools installed?

#kubectl #distroless #troubleshooting

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Challenge 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 #troubleshooting

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Challenge on Containers, Kubernetes

Edit a File in a Running Kubernetes Pod: a Tricky Case

by Ivan Velichko

Can you edit a file in a running Kubernetes pod? What if there is no shell inside and the container's user lacks the write permission?

#troubleshooting #slim-image #distroless #kubectl