Add Readiness Probe

In namespace default, Deployment api-deploy exists with a container listening on port 8080.

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The task

Task

In namespace default, Deployment api-deploy exists with a container listening on port 8080.

Requirements

Add a readiness probe to the Deployment with:

HTTP GET on path /ready
Port 8080
initialDelaySeconds: 5
periodSeconds: 10

Ensure the Deployment rolls out successfully.

Exam

CKAD

Domain

Application Observability and Maintenance

Grading

Programmatic · partial credit

Reference

Kubernetes docs ↗

What this tests

Configure liveness, readiness, and startup probes, read logs, and debug running workloads. On the CKAD exam, Application Observability and Maintenance tasks are graded purely on what you build in the cluster — not multiple choice — so the only way to get faster is to do them on a real cluster against a clock.

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