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:information_source: This repo contains questions and exercises on various technical topics, sometimes related to DevOps and SRE :)
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:information_source: This repo contains questions and exercises on various technical topics, sometimes related to DevOps and SRE :)
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:warning: You can use these for preparing for an interview but most of the questions and exercises don't represent an actual interview. Please read [Q&A](common-qa.md) for more details
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:warning: You can use these for preparing for an interview but most of the questions and exercises don't represent an actual interview. Please read [Q&A](common-qa.md) for more details
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<summary>Explain agile software development</summary><br><b>
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<summary>Explain agile software development</summary><br><b>
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* Serverless Computing is still using servers. So saying there are no servers in serverless computing is completely wrong
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* Serverless Computing is still using servers. So saying there are no servers in serverless computing is completely wrong
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* Serverless Computing allows you to have different paying model. You basically pay only when your functions are running and not when the VM or containers are running as in other payment models
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* Serverless Computing allows you to have a different paying model. You basically pay only when your functions are running and not when the VM or containers are running as in other payment models
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## AWS
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<summary>What is a proxy? How it works? What do we need it for?</summary><br><b>
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<summary>What is a proxy? How does it works? What do we need it for?</summary><br><b>
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A proxy server acts as a gateway between you and the internet. It’s an intermediary server separating end users from the websites they browse.
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A proxy server acts as a gateway between you and the internet. It’s an intermediary server separating end users from the websites they browse.
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<summary>What is TCP? How it works? What is the 3 way handshake?</summary><br><b>
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<summary>What is TCP? How does it works? What is the 3 way handshake?</summary><br><b>
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TCP 3-way handshake or three-way handshake is a process which is used in a TCP/IP network to make a connection between server and client.
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TCP 3-way handshake or three-way handshake is a process which is used in a TCP/IP network to make a connection between server and client.
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ARP stands for Address Resolution Protocol. When you try to ping an IP address on your local network, say 192.168.1.1, your system has to turn the IP address 192.168.1.1 into a MAC address. This involves using ARP to resolve the address, hence its name.
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ARP stands for Address Resolution Protocol. When you try to ping an IP address on your local network, say 192.168.1.1, your system has to turn the IP address 192.168.1.1 into a MAC address. This involves using ARP to resolve the address, hence its name.
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The exact meaning is usually depends on the context but overall data plane refers to all the functions that forward packets and/or frames from one interface to another while control plane refers to all the functions that make use of routing protocols.
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There is also "Management Plane" which refers to monitoring and management functions.
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<summary>You get a call from someone claiming "my system is SLOW". What do yo do?</summary><br><b>
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* Check with `top` for anything unusual
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<summary>Do you have experience with packaging? Can you explain how it works?</summary><br><b>
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Task – a call to a specific Ansible module
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Module – the actual unit of code executed by Ansible on your own host or a remote host. Modules are indexed by category (database, file, network, …) and also referred as task plugins.
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Module – the actual unit of code executed by Ansible on your own host or a remote host. Modules are indexed by category (database, file, network, …) and also referred to as task plugins.
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Play – One or more tasks executed on a given host(s)
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Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
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