DevOps Interview DropAdvanced TierScenario+50 XP on read
What metrics do you check before SSHing into an instance?
Core Summary
Metrics give you the fleet; SSH gives you one box. Check CPU, memory, disk, network and load across instances first, that tells you which instance is actually the problem, and often tells you the answer outright. Go to the shell only once you've narrowed it down and need something metrics can't show you.
Hints
Hint 1: Metrics give you the fleet view; SSH gives you one instance
Hint 2: If the problem is one pod, find which one via metrics
Hint 3: You are looking for resource exhaustion or anomalies
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