Questions

To assess your learning progress, please answer the following questions:

1. You have an application consisting of two services, the first one being a web API and the second one being a database, such as MongoDB. You want to deploy this application into a Kubernetes cluster. In a few short sentences, explain how you would proceed.
2. What are liveness and readiness probes in the context of a Kubernetes application service?
3. Describe in your own words what components you need to establish layer 7 (or application-level) routing for your application.
4. List the main steps needed to implement a blue-green deployment for a simple application service. Avoid going into too much detail.
5. Name three or four types of information that you would provide to an application service through Kubernetes secrets.
6. Name the sources that Kubernetes accepts when creating a secret.
7. How do you configure an application service to use Kubernetes secrets?