Assessment: Docker and Kubernetes

Explain

• Why use containers?
• What makes a Dockerfile production-style?
• What does Kubernetes solve?
• Why do health checks matter?
• Why are resource limits important?

Build

• Design a local stack for a RAG application.
• Design Kubernetes manifests for an API.
• Explain how secrets should be handled.

Debug

• A container works locally but fails in Kubernetes. What do you check?
• A pod restarts repeatedly. What do you inspect?
• A service is unreachable. What do you check?

Completion Gate

• Can containerize an API.
• Can run multi-service local development.
• Can deploy basic Kubernetes workloads.