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 Containers, Linux

Install Docker Engine on Debian

by Ivan Velichko

Practice installing Docker on Debian and learn about the different components that make up Docker Engine.

debian docker containerd runc

This challenge was prepared for you by the iximiuz Labs team.

Challenge, Easy, on Containers, Linux

Install Docker Engine on Fedora

by Ivan Velichko

Practice installing Docker on Fedora and learn about the different components that make up Docker Engine.

fedora docker containerd runc

This challenge was prepared for you by the iximiuz Labs team.

Challenge, Easy, on Containers, Linux

Install Docker Engine on Ubuntu

by Ivan Velichko

Practice installing Docker on Ubuntu and learn about the different components that make up Docker Engine.

ubuntu docker containerd runc

This challenge was prepared for you by the iximiuz Labs team.

Challenge, Medium, on Containers

Install and Configure containerd on a Linux Host

by Ivan Velichko

In this challenge, you will practice installing and configuring containerd: obtaining the release binaries, placing them in the correct locations, adding the container runtime and CNI plugins to the system, and starting a container with full networking support.

containerd ctr runc oci-runtime cni

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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, Medium, on Containers

Hardening Docker Containers Using gVisor Runtime

by Omkar Shelke

Configure Docker to use gVisor (runsc) as the default runtime and verify kernel isolation between the host and containers.

docker container-runtime gvisor containerd