How would you build the most available service for calculating a number with an unlimited budget? What technologies would you use, where would you deploy, and how would you collect metrics?
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The binary tries to bind to port 80, but it is already occupied by nginx. How to run this binary?
How would you split Ansible roles for nginx, WordPress, and Joomla if different servers have different service combinations?
Which packets will go where during a network request? What will be the source and destination MAC addresses when sending a request to 8.8.8.8?
What types of DNS records exist? What is the purpose of a PTR record?
Which memory metric is important for server monitoring? When should alerts be triggered?
What is system and user in the context of CPU time? How do they differ? If an application calculates the number π, which parameter will grow?
Using what mechanism in Ansible can you split runs and not execute some tasks during a regular run?
What happens during a network request to [link]? Describe the DNS resolution process.
We sent a request to port 8888. Is this TCP/UDP — which OSI layer?
How do system calls (syscalls) work in Linux? What are userspace and kernelspace?
How to manage the OOM Killer in Linux so that the database is never killed? Which parameter is responsible for this?
What permissions are needed for a file to run in Linux? How does the permission check mechanism work before execution?
What types of probes are available in Kubernetes (liveness, readiness, startup)? What is each for, and what happens when they trigger?
How do you monitor disk subsystem load? What utilities do you use and what do you pay attention to?
How to see which system calls are being executed by a running application?
Where are binary files located in Linux? How to find a compiled binary placed in /opt?
Describe the process of establishing a TCP and TLS connection when making an HTTP request.
How would you balance traffic between multiple clouds? What technologies would you use to build a global load balancer?
What happens when you enter [link] in a Linux terminal from the system, network, and OSI layers perspective?