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Pre-Phase-1 platform work, approved and tested earlier but not yet committed:

- Terminal banner: "RootNode Academy Lab — node: k8s-lab", upstream KubeKosh
  attribution left untouched in footer/README/LICENSE.
- RootNode curriculum mode: scenarios/rootnode-path.json (Foundation -> Workloads
  -> Networking -> Configuration -> Troubleshooting -> Real Ops -> Capstone),
  built from existing scenario content grouped by category, no new scenarios
  invented. New GET /api/curriculum/path endpoint.
- Student roster + per-student progress: instructor-roster, pick-your-name login
  (no password), students/environments-adjacent progress table migrated to a
  (student_id, scenario_id) composite key so practice progress and exam sessions
  are isolated per student instead of one global bucket. New /api/roster,
  /api/login endpoints.
- scenarios/data/*.json: added isolation_type metadata (shared_namespace vs
  ephemeral_cluster) from an audit of which scenarios execute cluster-scoped or
  node-level commands. This was Tier-1-isolation groundwork that got superseded
  same-day by the full-ephemeral-per-student architecture (see
  docs/LAB_ARCHITECTURE.md) — the field is kept as descriptive metadata only,
  per the note now in scenarios/SCHEMA.md. Not wasted: it's an accurate audit of
  which scenarios touch cluster-scoped resources, useful independent of isolation
  model.
- .gitignore added (node_modules/, frontend/dist/, *.db, /data/, .env) — none
  existed before; without it, npm installs during testing would have landed in
  a commit.

Known limitation still open: no frontend UI for any of this yet (login screen,
roster-add form, curriculum view) — API-only. No auth on the roster-add endpoint.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]>
2026-08-18 01:21:16 -05:00

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{
"id": "cks-drop-capabilities",
"title": "Drop Linux Capabilities",
"category": "Workload Security",
"isolation_type": "shared_namespace",
"difficulty": "Medium",
"type": "task",
"weight": 5,
"description": "## Drop Linux Capabilities\n\nBy default, containers are granted a set of Linux capabilities. Dropping ALL capabilities and adding back only what is explicitly needed follows the principle of least privilege and is a CKS exam requirement.\n\n**Your task:**\n\nCreate a Pod named `nocaps-pod` using `nginx:alpine` with the following capability configuration in the container `securityContext`:\n- Drop **ALL** capabilities\n- Add back only **`NET_BIND_SERVICE`** (required by nginx to bind to port 80)\n\n```bash\n# Verify:\nkubectl get pod nocaps-pod -o jsonpath='{.spec.containers[0].securityContext.capabilities}'\n```",
"hints": [
{
"title": "capabilities drop and add",
"body": "Under `spec.containers[].securityContext.capabilities`, use `drop: [\"ALL\"]` and `add: [\"NET_BIND_SERVICE\"]`.",
"command": "cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -\napiVersion: v1\nkind: Pod\nmetadata:\n name: nocaps-pod\nspec:\n containers:\n - name: app\n image: nginx:alpine\n securityContext:\n capabilities:\n drop:\n - ALL\n add:\n - NET_BIND_SERVICE\nEOF"
}
],
"setup_commands": [],
"validation": {
"commands": [
{
"description": "Pod 'nocaps-pod' exists",
"command": "kubectl get pod nocaps-pod -o jsonpath='{.metadata.name}'",
"expected_output": "nocaps-pod",
"match": "exact"
},
{
"description": "ALL capabilities are dropped",
"command": "kubectl get pod nocaps-pod -o jsonpath='{.spec.containers[0].securityContext.capabilities.drop[0]}'",
"expected_output": "ALL",
"match": "exact"
},
{
"description": "NET_BIND_SERVICE is added back",
"command": "kubectl get pod nocaps-pod -o jsonpath='{.spec.containers[0].securityContext.capabilities.add[0]}'",
"expected_output": "NET_BIND_SERVICE",
"match": "exact"
}
]
},
"default_namespace": "default",
"teardown_commands": [
{
"command": "kubectl delete pod nocaps-pod --ignore-not-found --grace-period=0 --force"
}
]
}