DevOps Interview DropBeginner TierMultiple choice+10 XP on read
A service depends on a database that goes down for 60 seconds. Which probe configuration behaves correctly?
#Kubernetes#Probes#Reliability
Core Summary
Readiness controls whether a pod receives traffic; liveness controls whether it gets killed and restarted. Checking a downstream dependency in a liveness probe turns a brief dependency blip into a cluster-wide restart storm.
Pick one
Hints
Hint 1: One probe removes traffic, the other kills the container
Hint 2: Ask what restarting the pod would actually fix
Hint 3: A shared dependency means every replica fails at once
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