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Perform Cluster Maintenance and Troubleshooting for CKA
In this lab, you'll practice performing cluster maintenance and troubleshooting for Kubernetes. When you're finished, you'll have experience managing upgrades, backups, troubleshooting issues, and monitoring clusters in a Minikube environment.
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Table of Contents
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Challenge
Get Started in the Lab Environment
Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!
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Challenge
Cluster Maintenance
To start the lab, you will perform essential maintenance tasks to keep your Kubernetes cluster running smoothly. You will start by upgrading the cluster, then practice backing up and restoring the etcd database to ensure data safety.
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Challenge
Troubleshooting and Monitoring
In this challenge, you will focus on troubleshooting common Kubernetes issues and setting up monitoring to keep an eye on cluster health. Practice identifying problems, and use logs to gain insights into what is happening within your cluster.
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Challenge
The Last Challenge
Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.
What's a lab?
Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.
Provided environment for hands-on practice
We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.
Guided walkthrough
Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!
Did you know?
On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you get time for practice.