ROOT_FOUNDATIONS_ARCHITECTURE.md designs all 26 modules across ROOT 01 (Computing & Linux
Foundations), 02 (Linux Administration & Networking), 03 (Git & Collaborative Development), and
04 (Containers & Docker), using the existing course/module/activity model — outcomes,
prerequisites, activities, and Real Ops connections for each, per docs/COURSE_AUTHORING_STANDARD.md.
ROOT_FOUNDATIONS_LAB_STRATEGY.md documents the central finding this phase is built on: the
existing scenario engine (backend/server.js's runCommand()) executes an arbitrary shell command
string and checks its output — nothing about it is Kubernetes-specific. The existing `lab`
activity type and scenario JSON format already fully support Linux and Git exercises with real,
deterministic validation. No shell_lab/git_lab/container_lab activity type is built or needed.
Also documents the container-runtime decision for ROOT 04, evaluated and tested empirically
(not assumed) against the real Lab image and production resource caps — see the following
commit for the implementation.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]>
