Kubernetes
ACM Infrastructure
GitOps / IaC
Servers
Networking
100
In the Children's Guide to Kubernetes, this is the name of the gopher character
Who is Goldie?
100
This device is responsible for recording server room temperature/humidity and reporting when the readings are too high
That is a Raspberry Pi?
What is a DHT22?
100
This tool is used to read from a Git repository and apply the configuration into an environment. (In our environment, configuration gets applied to our Kubernetes Cluster.)
What is ArgoCD?
What is FluxCD?
What is an Automation Server?
100
This object holds stacked servers often up to 42 rack units (U) tall
What is a server rack?
What is a server post?
100
Colloquially, it is called an RJ45 connector
What is an 8P8C?
200
This Kubernetes primitive allows you to persist application data across the application's lifecycle
What is a Persistent Volume?
200
This server is in charge of handling all ingress/egress to/from the ACM network
What is Littlebell / Ackem / a router?
200
This program uses providers to communicate with APIs to deploy cloud resources
What is Terraform / Ansible / OpenTofu / Pulumi / AWS CloudFormation / Azure Bicep?
200
Servers often have multiple HDDs, CPUs, network connectors, etc., to ensure that failures can happen without any downtime
What is redundancy?
200
This tool is used to secure wires to the end connector
What is a crimper?
300
This tool is used to install applications onto the cluster by passing in runtime values, usually in a yaml file
What is Helm?
300
This protocol is used by Uninterruptible Power Supplies to indicate to servers when a power event has occurred
What is NUT (Network UPS Tools?)
300
This platform that allows you to automate your build, test, and deployment pipeline
What is CI/CD / GitHub Actions / Jenkins / GitLab CI / Azure DevOps / AWS CodePipeline / DroneIO / etc.?
300
This server feature can notify sysadmins / sound alarms / log an event when a server has been opened or tampered with
What is intrusion detection?
300
Inside a CAT6 cable, it contains a thread used to tear the outer jacket
What is a ripcord?
400
This Kubernetes primitive provides a common endpoint for other applications to use when communicating with a deployed application
What is a service?
400
This is the number of storage devices within our primary NAS
(Whoever gets closest to the real number gets the points)
What is 27 storage devices?
24 HDDs, 2 SSDs, 1 flash drive
400
This tool is used to perform actions/scripts/commands on individual computers from a centralized management location
What is Ansible / Foreman / Puppet?
400
Power Distribution Units mounted vertically in a server rack are usually called this
What are 0U PDUs?
400
These are the common colors used in a CAT networking cable
What is Orange, Blue, Green, Brown.
500
What provides the "blueprint" of how an application should be created in a Kubernetes cluster?
What is a deployment?
500
This is the total resolution of the current monitor wall
What is 8000 x 4800 pixels?
38,400,000 pixels
38.4 MegaPixels
500
This software enables you to PXE boot off the ACM network and boot many Operating System installers and utilities from a simple to use menu
What is netboot.xyz?
500
This device allows SysAdmins to use out-of-band management interfaces to administrate the server regardless of power state of the main server. This is the name of these interfaces for Supermicro servers.
What is BMC IPMI?
(Baseboard Management Controller Intelligent Platform Management Interface)
500
This connector uses an active controller on each side to transfer data over 10Gbps
What is a SFP/SFP+/QSFP+ connector?