Pod and Container Security Context

In namespace default, Deployment secure-app exists without any security context.

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The task

Task

In namespace default, Deployment secure-app exists without any security context.

Requirements

Set Pod-level runAsUser: 1000
Add container-level capability NET_ADMIN to the container named app

Note: Capabilities are set at the container level, not the Pod level.

Exam

CKAD

Domain

Application Environment, Configuration and Security

Grading

Programmatic · partial credit

Reference

Kubernetes docs ↗

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.

Practice it for real

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