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Kubernetes Deployment, StatefulSet, and DaemonSet resources

Kubernetes Deployment, StatefulSet, and DaemonSet resources Deployment, StatefulSet, and DaemonSet are all Kubernetes resources that help manage the lifecycle of Pods running in a cluster, but they differ in their use cases and behavior. D…

CKA Exam Practice Series - 2

CKA Exam Practice Series - 2 Q2 Scale down There are two Pods named db-0 and db-1 in Namespace project. management asked you to scale the Pods down to one replica to save resources. Answer You can scale down the replicas of the db Pods in …

CKA Exam Practice Series - 1

CKA Exam Practice Series Q1 Create a single pod Create a single Pod of image httpd:2.4.41-alpine in Namespace default. The Pod should be named pod1 and the container should be named pod1-container. This Pod should only be scheduled on a ma…

Common Kubernetes Resources

Kubernetes resources are the building blocks of a Kubernetes cluster. They represent the various components and configurations that make up the infrastructure for running containerized applications. Here are some of the most common Kuberne…

Kubernetes Basics and How to Start Learning

Kubernetes Basics and How to Start Learning Kubernetes is a powerful open-source container orchestration platform that has become the standard for managing containerized applications in cloud-native environments. If you're new to Kubernete…

Synthetic Monitoring: Improving User Experience through Automated Testing

Synthetic Monitoring: Improving User Experience through Automated Testing In today's fast-paced digital world, businesses are increasingly relying on websites, applications, and IT systems to connect with customers and drive growth. As a r…

MS-SQL HA database backup using Powershell and Ansible, Step by Step - 3 -

Installing & Setting up Ansible on Linux server (ubuntu 18.04) Ansible installation on Linux: 1. Get a Linux machine (ubuntu 18.4 server) from your environment. (Here we used Azure's VM.) 2. Login to the deployed Linux server using SSH and…

MS-SQL HA database backup using Powershell and Ansible, Step by Step - 2 -

Setting up WinRM Unlike the integration with Linux or UNIX like servers and Ansible, Windows machines cannot use SSH for Ansible integration, just yet(*1) . Thus, you will have to use Windows Remote Manager (WinRM) , instead. 1. Install Wi…

MS-SQL HA database backup using Powershell and Ansible, Step by Step - 1 -

Backgaroud : Currently Azure Stack HUB's MS-SQL HA deployment uisng the sql-2016-alwayson ARM template is not supporting the automated backup which is otherwise supported for MS-SQL standalone database as discribed below. docs.microsoft.co…

Nagios XI WMI agent-less monitoring for Azure Stack HUB Windows Virtual Machine, Step by Step.

It was a bit struggle to set up an WMI agentless monitoring for Windows VMs in Microsoft Azure Stack HUB (MASH) , so here is the memo I've been through. -System environment Monitoring Server: Linux VM in MASH (Ubuntu 18.01.1) Monitoring Se…