Troubleshooting a Broken Kubernetes Application

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Troubleshooting a Broken Kubernetes Application

Kubernetes administrators need to be able to fix issues with applications running in a cluster. This lab will allow you to test your skills when it comes to fixing broken Kubernetes applications. You will be presented with a cluster running a broken application and asked to identify and correct the problem.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 25, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Identify What is Wrong with the Application

Examine the web-consumer deployment and its Pods. The deployment resides in the web namespace. Determine what may be going wrong.
Challenge

Fix the Problem

Make changes to objects in the cluster to fix the problem and allow the web-consumer deployment's Pods to communicate with the service successfully.

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