Exam
CKAD
CKAD · Application Environment, Configuration and Security
Fix Broken Pod ServiceAccount
In namespace monitoring, Pod metrics-pod is using ServiceAccount wrong-sa and receiving authorization errors. Multiple ServiceAccounts, Roles, and RoleBindings already exist in the namespace:…
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The task
Task
In namespace monitoring, Pod metrics-pod is using ServiceAccount wrong-sa and receiving authorization errors.
Multiple ServiceAccounts, Roles, and RoleBindings already exist in the namespace:
- ServiceAccounts:
monitor-sa,wrong-sa,admin-sa - Roles:
metrics-reader,full-access,view-only - RoleBindings:
monitor-binding,admin-binding
Requirements
- Identify which ServiceAccount/Role/RoleBinding combination has the correct permissions
- Update Pod
metrics-podto use the correct ServiceAccount - Verify the Pod stops showing authorization errors
Hint: Check existing RoleBindings to see which ServiceAccount is bound to which Role.
What this tests
Wire up configmaps, secrets, service accounts, RBAC, securityContext, and resource limits. On the CKAD exam, Application Environment, Configuration and Security 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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