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Q1Domain Verified
When provisioning a DOKS cluster for a high-availability application requiring zero downtime during node upgrades, which node pool configuration strategy is most critical to implement?
Ensuring each node pool has at least one node with a publicly accessible IP address for direct debugging.
Using only ephemeral nodes to minimize persistent storage costs.
Leveraging a single, large node pool with a high number of replicas to absorb any node failures.
Maintaining at least two node pools with distinct instance families and enabling rolling upgrades across them sequentially.
Q2Domain Verified
A DOKS cluster is experiencing intermittent network connectivity issues between pods residing in different node pools. The cluster utilizes DigitalOcean's default VPC CNI. What is the most likely cause and the recommended troubleshooting step?
A misconfigured Kubernetes NetworkPolicy blocking inter-pod communication, necessitating an audit of existing policies.
Insufficient egress bandwidth allocated to the node pools, requiring an increase in droplet sizes or scaling of node pools.
Incorrectly configured Network ACLs on the DigitalOcean VPC, requiring a review of inbound/outbound rules for pod CIDRs.
A race condition in the VPC CNI's IP address management, requiring a restart of the `digitalocean-vpc-cni` DaemonSet pods.
Q3Domain Verified
You are designing a DOKS cluster for a microservices architecture where services need to communicate securely and discover each other efficiently. Which of the following configurations best addresses these requirements while minimizing operational overhead?
Utilizing external load balancers for each service and managing IP addresses statically for service discovery.
Deploying a service mesh like Istio with automatic mTLS and built-in service discovery, integrated with DOKS.
Implementing mutual TLS (mTLS) between all services using custom certificates and configuring DNS records manually for service discovery.
Relying solely on Kubernetes Ingress controllers for inter-service communication and using Kubernetes Services for discovery.

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