Exam
CKS
CKS · Minimize Microservice Vulnerabilities
Fix Deployment for Restricted Pod Security Standard
Namespace restricted-ns enforces the restricted Pod Security Standard. A Deployment pss-app in this namespace is currently non-compliant and its Pods cannot start.
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Task
Namespace restricted-ns enforces the restricted Pod Security Standard.
A Deployment pss-app in this namespace is currently non-compliant and its Pods cannot start.
Requirements
Update the Deployment so that its Pods comply with the restricted Pod Security Standard.
Ensure the Pods run successfully in the restricted namespace.
What this tests
Apply Pod Security Standards, securityContext, and mTLS, and protect secrets at rest. On the CKS exam, Minimize Microservice Vulnerabilities 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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