Beginner Kustomize quiz
A free beginner Kustomize quiz with up to 40 multiple-choice questions on overlays, patches, generators, components, replacements and kubectl apply -k. Written for people new to the technology, with an explanation for every answer.
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- What is Kustomize?
- Which file tells Kustomize which resources to build and how to change them?
- Which command prints the built output of a kustomization directory with kubectl, without applying it?
- Which flag makes kubectl apply a kustomization directory?
- Which field lists the manifest files and directories a kustomization builds from?
- What is an overlay in Kustomize?
- What does namePrefix: dev- do?
- What does the namespace field in a kustomization.yaml do?
- How do you change an image tag in every Deployment without writing a patch?
- Which field generates a ConfigMap from files or literal values?
- Why does a ConfigMap generated by Kustomize get a name like app-config-5g2m8k7h?
- Which command builds a kustomization with the standalone Kustomize CLI?
- What does commonAnnotations do?
- Which field is the current way to patch resources in Kustomize v5?
- Which command writes a kustomization.yaml that lists the YAML files in the current directory?
- What does kubectl delete -k on an overlay remove?
- What does the replicas field in a kustomization.yaml do?
- Do Kustomize input files need special syntax, like Helm's {{ }} placeholders?
- How does an overlay include a base kustomization?
- Which project maintains Kustomize?