A cluster's etcd database is corrupted, and you need to restore it from a snapshot. The etcd pod is running in a static pod on the control plane node. What is the correct sequence of actions?

Restore the snapshot directly to the etcd data directory while etcd is running

Stop the kubelet, restore the snapshot using etcdctl, then start the kubelet

Delete the etcd pod and let the kubelet recreate it after restoring the snapshot

Use kubectl to scale down the etcd deployment, restore, then scale up

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Troubleshoot Clusters and Nodes CKA Practice Questions (Page 5)

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Questions 21–25

21expert · hard
A cluster's etcd database is corrupted, and you need to restore it from a snapshot. The etcd pod is running in a static pod on the control plane node. What is the correct sequence of actions?
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22foundation · easy
Which Kubernetes resource provides DNS-based service discovery within the cluster?
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23foundation · easy
Which resource represents a piece of storage that is provisioned by an administrator and available for use by pods?
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24foundation · easy
Which command marks a node as unschedulable, preventing new pods from being scheduled to it?
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25application · easy
A node is NotReady, and you suspect the container runtime is not responding. Which command would you use to check the runtime's status?
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Troubleshoot Clusters and Nodes CKA Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

A cluster's etcd database is corrupted, and you need to restore it from a snapshot. The etcd pod is running in a static pod on the control plane node. What is the correct sequence of actions?

Which Kubernetes resource provides DNS-based service discovery within the cluster?

Which resource represents a piece of storage that is provisioned by an administrator and available for use by pods?

Which command marks a node as unschedulable, preventing new pods from being scheduled to it?

A node is NotReady, and you suspect the container runtime is not responding. Which command would you use to check the runtime's status?

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