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Why are containers meant to be immutable?
Why are containers meant to be immutable?
- To allow SSH access into the machine.
- To avoid the need for automated testing.
- To rebuild and redeploy the whole image instead of patching live containers. (correct)
- To enable patching live containers easily.
What is the advantage of patching images in the container registry instead of patching live containers?
What is the advantage of patching images in the container registry instead of patching live containers?
- Achieving content addressability.
- Directly scanning production clusters for vulnerabilities.
- Avoiding the need for canarying.
- Rolling out fully patched container images as one unit. (correct)
How does using containers help in avoiding downtime while patching newly discovered vulnerabilities?
How does using containers help in avoiding downtime while patching newly discovered vulnerabilities?
- By manually patching each instance in a task.
- By achieving content addressability.
- By rolling out patched images with blue/green deployments. (correct)
- By frequently scanning production clusters.
What is the benefit of having containers that provide content addressability?
What is the benefit of having containers that provide content addressability?
How do containers help in making the patch rollout process similar to the code rollout process?
How do containers help in making the patch rollout process similar to the code rollout process?
What approach suggests gradually rolling out changes with instrumentation for canarying?
What approach suggests gradually rolling out changes with instrumentation for canarying?
Why is it important to keep dependencies up to date?
Why is it important to keep dependencies up to date?
Which strategy is suggested to enable easy roll out of changes with minimal friction?
Which strategy is suggested to enable easy roll out of changes with minimal friction?
Why is a 'slow and steady' approach to rollout recommended?
Why is a 'slow and steady' approach to rollout recommended?
Which practice involves no change in behavior when a specific feature is turned off?
Which practice involves no change in behavior when a specific feature is turned off?
What strategy can help reduce the need for ad hoc patching of containers?
What strategy can help reduce the need for ad hoc patching of containers?
What is a recommended practice to avoid redeploying older, unpatched container images in production?
What is a recommended practice to avoid redeploying older, unpatched container images in production?
How does using a microservices architecture help in managing potential bottlenecks between services?
How does using a microservices architecture help in managing potential bottlenecks between services?
What advantage does independently scaling, load balancing, and performing rollouts in each microservice provide?
What advantage does independently scaling, load balancing, and performing rollouts in each microservice provide?
How do microservices facilitate limited or zero trust networking?
How do microservices facilitate limited or zero trust networking?
Why is it recommended to split one large release into many smaller ones?
Why is it recommended to split one large release into many smaller ones?
What is the advantage of frequently rebuilding and redeploying your environment?
What is the advantage of frequently rebuilding and redeploying your environment?
How does automated testing contribute to frequent releases?
How does automated testing contribute to frequent releases?
Why is backporting fixes to supported versions important?
Why is backporting fixes to supported versions important?
What is the significance of ensuring dependencies are up to date?
What is the significance of ensuring dependencies are up to date?
