Embrace Cloud Native Development with Kubernetes Microservices

This category covers aspects of Kubernetes Microservices design, development, deployment, testing, and k8s management and administration.

The Kubernetes Practice Questions category features hypothetical scenarios, exam-style questions, and detailed answers to help software engineers and administrators prepare for the CKAD exam.

Kubernetes Microservices is a subset of the Software Engineering Solutions category.

kubectl restart pod: An Easy Step-by-Step Guide for Kubernetes Users

Searching for the kubectl restart pod command? This guide explains the right way to restart pods in Kubernetes using supported kubectl commands. 👨‍💻

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Use kubectl to copy a file from a pod to your local drive!

In this Kubernetes tutorial you'll learn how to use the kubectl cp command to copy a file from a pod to your local environment. 💻

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Read more about the article Learn How To Create A K8s Deployment With Replicas Now! 🤔
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Learn How To Create A K8s Deployment With Replicas Now! 🤔

Tutorial: Create a deployment with Kubernetes replicas, guiding you through essential steps to ensure your k8s mastery. 💎

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Kubernetes Health Check Intro: Liveness & Readiness Probes.

A step-by-step guide to adding liveness and readiness probes as part of a Kubernetes health check for a web server container. 💎

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Learn how to set Kubernetes securityContext properties now!

CKAD Practice Exam Question #3: Learn how to set securityContext Kubernetes properties such as the fsGroup and runAsUser variables in this concise tutorial! 💎

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Read more about the article Learn how to create a ConfigMap in Kubernetes now! 🤔
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Learn how to create a ConfigMap in Kubernetes now! 🤔

In this mock CKAD exam scenario we'll learn how to create a ConfigMap in Kubernetes with two environment variables. ⚙️

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Read more about the article Tutorial: Learn how to create pods in Kubernetes now! 🤔
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Tutorial: Learn how to create pods in Kubernetes now! 🤔

Learn to create two pods within a specified namespace in Kubernetes, covering essential CKAD exam skills for namespace and pod management. 💎

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Read more about the article Learn how to get the cluster name in Kubernetes now! 🤔
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Learn how to get the cluster name in Kubernetes now! 🤔

Tutorial: Learn how to get the cluster name in Kubernetes using the kubectl config view command with a filter for the "context.cluster". 💎

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Read more about the article Learn how to mount a local directory in a pod in minikube 🫙
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Learn how to mount a local directory in a pod in minikube 🫙

In this tutorial we'll review three solutions regarding how to mount a local directory into a pod in minikube, a single-node Kubernetes (k8s) cluster. 👍

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