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Possible wrong assumption in LFD259 lab handbook

matthyx
matthyx Posts: 1
edited January 2019 in LFD259 Class Forum

Hello,

I am currently training for the CKAD, and have read the following in the lab handbook:

Where the readinessProbe is checked prior to being ready, then not again, the livenessProbe continues to be checked.

This is wrong as far as I know... normally both probes are always checked, but the action taken when they fail is different.
Could you reach the writer and make sure this is correct?

Thanks,
Matthias

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  • FaridSaad
    FaridSaad Posts: 1

    Experienced the same. readinessProbe status changed back from pass to fail later through the container's lifetime during my tests.

  • chrispokorni
    chrispokorni Posts: 2,624

    Hi @FaridSaad,

    Throughout Lab Exercise 3.3 the readinessProbes are expected to fail every time a Deployment is created. More precisely, the readinessProbes of the try1 deployment (from simpleapp.yaml) are supposed to fail at steps 2,3,4 and pass at steps 5,6,7,8. Then again readinessProbes fail at steps 10,11 (as the deployment has been re-created) and pass at steps 12,13.

    Did you experience other probe failures?

    Regards,
    -Chris

  • gerardocl
    gerardocl Posts: 11
    edited October 2020

    I also think that the statement in the LFD259 slides is misleading since the K8s docs state the contrary:

    Note: Readiness probes runs on the container during its whole lifecycle.

    https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/#define-readiness-probes

    What I get from the K8s docs is that the readinessProbesare checked again every periodSeconds (default value of 10); in the same fashion as livenessProbes.

  • chrispokorni
    chrispokorni Posts: 2,624

    Hi @gerardocl,

    You are correct, the readinessProbe is checked and re-checked based on the value of the periodSeconds property, according to the documentation and the readinessProbe box from the course.

    Regards,
    -Chris

  • gerardocl
    gerardocl Posts: 11
    edited October 2020

    Great! Will the statement be updated in the next revision of the course material? It is still there in Chapter 3.

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