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Problem scenario
You need to write a Python program to see if a list of unique integers is in order. You can copy the list and sort it to compare the ideal state to the list provided. The program must print out a relevant message if a swap of two numbers can place those two numbers in the correct order. The program must print out if a given number is already in order.
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Problem scenario
You have Nginx configured. The access logs never pick up any POST message content. You get 405 error messages. What do you do?
Solution
This will send a message payload — but not via POST. It may not work for your situation. To get a message to be sent to a website (a listening web service), craft a URL that does not necessarily exist,
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Problem scenario
You run kubectl describe pods. You see a message in the output that says
networkPlugin cni failed to set up pod network: open /run/flannel/subnet.env: no such file or directory.
How do you fix this?
Possible Solution #1
Log into every worker node. Make sure it has /run/flannel/subnet.env with the following four lines:
FLANNEL_NETWORK=10.244.0.0/16
FLANNEL_SUBNET=10.244.0.1/24
FLANNEL_MTU=1450
FLANNEL_IPMASQ=true
(This solution was adapted from https://www.programmersought.com/article/7824768991/)
Possible Solution #2
Run this: kubectl get pods.
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Problem scenario
You run a Vagrant command. But you get this message: “/usr/share/rubygems/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require’: cannot load such file — winrm-elevated (LoadError)”
What should you do?
Solution
Run this command:
vagrant plugin install winrm-elevated …
Problem scenario
You have read about level-trigger and edge-trigger notification mechanisms in Linux. Why are they called level-trigger and edge-trigger? Where do they get their names?
Answer
Electronics and processing electric signals. Edges represent changes to a state. A level state represents the lack of a change. Here is a diagram:
This answer was adapted from the following postings:
https://hackernoon.com/photos/QdWX77c6s5Skk99abuNLlG6AEZZ2-9w23y8s
http://venkateshabbarapu.blogspot.com/2013/03/edge-triggered-vs-level-triggered.html
FFR
Notification mechanisms are components of input and output in Linux.
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Problem scenario
You want to write a basic program in Rust to know you have it installed correctly. What do you do?
Solution
sudo curl –proto ‘=https’ –tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
2. Create a file called contint.rs with the following four lines:
// We recommend calling this contint.rs
fn main() {
println!(“Hello World!”); …
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Problem scenario
You see Python code with this “-str” syntax. What does it do?
Answer
It is purely for readability. To help your coworkers we recommend using the “-str” syntax if a function returns a string. Otherwise the way to find out is to read the code or temporarily change the code and use type(variable_returned) to show the data type of that which is/was returned.
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Problem scenario
You are configuring UID and GID values in Linux. You want to have some idea of what values to use. What ranges should you target?
Solution
Use an integer between 3000 and 4999 (inclusive) if you have no other requirements. This range is recommended. To learn more about why this range is recommended, see this external posting.
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Problem scenario
You run a Puppet Bolt command but you get “Unknown argument ‘–nodes'”. What should you do?
Solution
Use “–Targets” instead of “–nodes”.
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Question
You are learning about OOP. You know object’s have operations. You read about operations having signatures. What are signatures?
Answer
An object’s operation’s signature is the composite of these three things:
(This was paraphrased from page 13 of Design Patterns).
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