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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Official Collection

Challenges crafted by iximiuz Labs to help you master DevOps and Server Side topics.

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

Community Collection

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

This challenge was created by a community author. Community content is reviewed by the iximiuz Labs team on a best effort basis.

Challenge, Easy, 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