Exam CKS Topic 2 Question 32 Discussion
Actual exam question for Linux Foundation's CKS exam
Question #: 32
Topic #: 2
Question #: 32
Topic #: 2
You can switch the cluster/configuration context using the following command:
[desk@cli] $ kubectl config use-context qa
Context:
A pod fails to run because of an incorrectly specified ServiceAccount
Task:
Create a new service account named backend-qa in an existing namespace qa, which must not have access to any secret.
Edit the frontend pod yaml to use backend-qa service account
Note: You can find the frontend pod yaml at /home/cert_masters/frontend-pod.yaml
[desk@cli] $ kubectl config use-context qa
Context:
A pod fails to run because of an incorrectly specified ServiceAccount
Task:
Create a new service account named backend-qa in an existing namespace qa, which must not have access to any secret.
Edit the frontend pod yaml to use backend-qa service account
Note: You can find the frontend pod yaml at /home/cert_masters/frontend-pod.yaml
Suggested Answer:
[desk@cli] $ k create sa backend-qa -n qa
sa/backend-qa created
[desk@cli] $ k get role,rolebinding -n qa
No resources found in qa namespace.
[desk@cli] $ k create role backend -n qa --resource pods,namespaces,configmaps --verb list
# No access to secret
[desk@cli] $ k create rolebinding backend -n qa --role backend --serviceaccount qa:backend-qa
[desk@cli] $ vim /home/cert_masters/frontend-pod.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: frontend
spec:
serviceAccountName: backend-qa # Add this
image: nginx
name: frontend
[desk@cli] $ k apply -f /home/cert_masters/frontend-pod.yaml
pod created
[desk@cli] $ k create sa backend-qa -n qa
serviceaccount/backend-qa created
[desk@cli] $ k get role,rolebinding -n qa
No resources found in qa namespace.
[desk@cli] $ k create role backend -n qa --resource pods,namespaces,configmaps --verb list role.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/backend created
[desk@cli] $ k create rolebinding backend -n qa --role backend --serviceaccount qa:backend-qa rolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/backend created
[desk@cli] $ vim /home/cert_masters/frontend-pod.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: frontend
spec:
serviceAccountName: backend-qa # Add this
image: nginx
name: frontend
[desk@cli] $ k apply -f /home/cert_masters/frontend-pod.yaml pod/frontend created https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/ pod/frontend created
[desk@cli] $ k apply -f /home/cert_masters/frontend-pod.yaml pod/frontend created https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/
sa/backend-qa created
[desk@cli] $ k get role,rolebinding -n qa
No resources found in qa namespace.
[desk@cli] $ k create role backend -n qa --resource pods,namespaces,configmaps --verb list
# No access to secret
[desk@cli] $ k create rolebinding backend -n qa --role backend --serviceaccount qa:backend-qa
[desk@cli] $ vim /home/cert_masters/frontend-pod.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: frontend
spec:
serviceAccountName: backend-qa # Add this
image: nginx
name: frontend
[desk@cli] $ k apply -f /home/cert_masters/frontend-pod.yaml
pod created
[desk@cli] $ k create sa backend-qa -n qa
serviceaccount/backend-qa created
[desk@cli] $ k get role,rolebinding -n qa
No resources found in qa namespace.
[desk@cli] $ k create role backend -n qa --resource pods,namespaces,configmaps --verb list role.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/backend created
[desk@cli] $ k create rolebinding backend -n qa --role backend --serviceaccount qa:backend-qa rolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/backend created
[desk@cli] $ vim /home/cert_masters/frontend-pod.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: frontend
spec:
serviceAccountName: backend-qa # Add this
image: nginx
name: frontend
[desk@cli] $ k apply -f /home/cert_masters/frontend-pod.yaml pod/frontend created https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/ pod/frontend created
[desk@cli] $ k apply -f /home/cert_masters/frontend-pod.yaml pod/frontend created https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/
by Vicky at Jun 19, 2025, 02:25 PM
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