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Static Pod on the control plane

Scenario cka-arc-005 · about 7 minutes · 6 points · 5 grader checks

Run a Pod directly through the kubelet by placing a manifest in the static pod directory.

  • static-pod
  • kubelet
  • control-plane
  • manifests

What you will practise

  • Locate the kubelet staticPodPath
  • Author a static Pod manifest
  • Recognise mirror pod naming (<pod>-<node>)

Start this lab

With the CLI installed and signed in, this command provisions a single node cluster on your Mac, applies the scenario setup and prints the task below.

goldenkube start cka-arc-005

Task

The task text exactly as the CLI shows it. Solve it on the cluster, then run goldenkube submit.

On the control plane node (exam-cp1), create a static pod by placing a manifest at /etc/kubernetes/manifests/static-web.yaml. The Pod must be named "static-web", have metadata.namespace "default", and run one container named "web" using image nginx:1.27. The kubelet must start it, and its mirror pod "static-web-exam-cp1" must be Running in the namespace "default".

Requirements and details

Certification
CKA · Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Domain
Cluster Architecture, Installation & Configuration
Difficulty
Medium
Cluster topology
Single node
Cluster features
None beyond the base cluster
Recommended time
7 minutes
Points
6
Grader checks
5
Kubernetes version
1.37
Minimum CLI version
0.1.0
Scenario version
1
Published

Grading runs locally: 5 state checks read your cluster when you submit; the scenario passes when every check passes. Hints, the reference solution and the check definitions are available only inside the CLI, not on this page.

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