Exam DCA topic 1 question 80 discussion

Actual exam question from Mirantis's DCA

Question #: 80
Topic #: 1

During development of an application meant to be orchestrated by Kubernetes, you want to mount the /data directory on your laptop into a container.
Will this strategy successfully accomplish this?
Add a volume to the pod that sets hostPath.path: /data, and then mount this volume into the pod’s containers as desired.

A. Yes
B. No

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by bombtux at Jan. 17, 2024, 4:39 a.m.

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cea2cbe

2 months ago

Selected Answer: B

No, using a standard hostPath volume will not accomplish this for a Kubernetes application meant to be run in a cluster. The hostPath volume mounts a directory from the filesystem of the Kubernetes node that the pod is running on, not your personal laptop.

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bes_i

1 year, 3 months ago

Selected Answer: A

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bombtux

1 year, 10 months ago

A. By adding a volume to the pod that specifies hostPath.path: /data, you can directly mount a host directory to the pod. This configuration makes your laptop's /data directory accessible within the pod. You can then mount this volume to the pod's containers as needed. It is a common practice during development to provide local data access to containers in a Kubernetes environment.

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