Automate Drive Provisioning With a Shell Script
Turn the manual storage provisioning workflow into an automation script: partition, format, mount, and persist a blank drive with a single non-interactive script.
Submissions: 39/133
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.
Make a Filesystem Mount Survive a Reboot
Discover that a simple mount command doesn't survive a reboot and learn how to make mount points persistent using /etc/fstab or systemd.
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Free Up Disk Space by Removing Unused Docker Volumes
Your Docker host has been in use for a while. Anonymous and named volumes piled up, disk space is tight, and it's time to clean stuff up.
Submissions: 211/503
Mount an Existing Directory at a New Location (bind mount)
Practice mapping existing directories to new paths using Linux bind mounts and see the core tech behind container volumes in action.
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Split a Drive into Multiple Partitions And Format Them as Ext4 and Btrfs
Create two partitions on a blank disk: one smaller ext4 for service logs and the rest btrfs for service data. Mount both and prove they work.
Submissions: 211/348
Create a GUID Partition Table (GPT) on a Blank Drive
Practice creating a fresh GPT partition, formatting it as ext4, and mounting it on the filesystem tree.
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Create an Ext4 Filesystem on an Unformatted Drive
Practice formatting drives in Linux: identify the drive, format it as ext4, mount it, and verify the filesystem works as expected.
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Mount a Drive with Existing Data and Read Its Contents
CTF-style challenge: discover an unmounted device, mount it, and read the flag file from it.
Submissions: 679/911