Why Pods are the smallest deployable unit in Kubernetes - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a Pod with a single container named nginx.

Kubernetes

kubectl run mypod --image=nginx --restart=[1]

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ANever

BAlways

COnFailure

DManual

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'Always' creates a Deployment, not a Pod.

The --restart=Never flag tells Kubernetes to create a Pod directly, not a Deployment.

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medium

Complete the YAML snippet to define a Pod with one container named 'app'.

Kubernetes

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: mypod
spec:
  containers:
  - name: [1]
    image: busybox

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Aweb

Bapp

Cnginx

Dcontainer

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'nginx' or 'web' instead of 'app'.

The container name is 'app' as specified in the task.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to get Pod details.

Kubernetes

kubectl get [1] mypod

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Aservices

Bdeployments

Cpods

Dnodes

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'deployment' or 'service' instead of 'pods'.

Pods are retrieved with kubectl get pods. Using other resources will cause errors or wrong output.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a Pod spec with two containers named 'web' and 'db'.

Kubernetes

spec:
  containers:
  - name: [1]
    image: nginx
  - name: [2]
    image: mysql

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Aweb

Bapp

Cdb

Dcache

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Swapping container names or using unrelated names like 'cache'.

The first container is named 'web' and the second 'db' as per the task.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a Pod with a container named 'api', image 'myapi:latest', and restart policy 'Always'.

Kubernetes

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: apipod
spec:
  containers:
  - name: [1]
    image: [2]
  restartPolicy: [3]

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Aapi

Bmyapi:latest

CAlways

DNever

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong container names, images, or restart policies.

The container name is 'api', the image is 'myapi:latest', and the restart policy is 'Always' to keep the Pod running.