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.

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Challenge on Kubernetes

Mount a ConfigMap and Secret into a Single Directory Using a Projected Volume

by Omkar Shelke

Combine an existing ConfigMap and Secret into one volume and mount them at a single path inside a Pod — using only one volume definition.

#ckad #configmap #secret #projected-volume #volumes

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

Challenge on Kubernetes

Convert Pod to Deployment with Secret Management

by Omkar Shelke

Convert an existing Pod manifest into a Deployment and move the hardcoded environment variables into a Kubernetes Secret.

#ckad #deployment #secret #pod #configuration

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

Challenge on Kubernetes

Extracting and Decoding ServiceAccount Token from Kubernetes Secret

by Omkar Shelke

Identify the Secret linked to a ServiceAccount, extract and decode the Base64-encoded token, and verify it contains a valid JWT structure.

#serviceaccount #secret #jwt #cka #ckad