▸case-18 We are migrating block storage volumes from OpenStack Cinder to AWS EBS. A developer suggests running a live block-by-block `dd` command over a standard public internet connection without snapshotting or quiescing the filesystem. What is the correct, safe migration approach? | fail→pass | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-05 On a local single-node OpenStack deployment, how do I list all running compute instances using the OpenStack CLI command? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-07 We are setting up dedicated connectivity between our OpenStack private cloud and AWS. We plan to use static routing over AWS Direct Connect to avoid routing complexities. Is static routing sufficient or should BGP be configured? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-03 We are scaling our retail IoT operations to the edge using AWS Wavelength and local edge gateways while running core analytics on Google Cloud Platform. Could you construct a comprehensive FinOps and governance guide for this setup? Output a detailed implementation roadmap containing workload cost breakdown models, central observability recommendations, cross-platform identity federation steps, and operational verification procedures. | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-22 We are designing a global traffic routing plan between an OpenStack private cloud running Octavia LBaaS and AWS running Application Load Balancer. How should cross-environment high availability and global traffic routing be configured? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-13 Applications in AWS EC2 instances need to resolve internal hostname record names (.corp.local) hosted on on-premises Microsoft Active Directory DNS servers, while on-premises servers must resolve AWS private Route 53 zones (.aws.internal). What DNS architecture bridges both environments? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-06 How do I configure docker-compose.override.yml to mount a local directory for hot-reloading a Node.js development container on a laptop? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-11 We run Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS and on-premises OpenShift. To connect microservices securely across both environments, developers propose exposing all service endpoints directly over public IPs with HTTP basic authentication. What network and service layer design should be implemented? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-02 Our healthcare organization needs a multi-cloud disaster recovery strategy spanning AWS, Azure, and our local VMware vSphere datacenter to comply with strict HIPAA guidelines. Please generate an architectural blueprint that outlines the failover topology, continuous data replication approach, RTO/RPO targets analysis, and automated failover validation procedures. Format the response as an executive technical document with subheadings, operational workflows, and validation checklists. | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-14 We need to enforce policy-as-code security rules (e.g., forbidding public S3 buckets and preventing unencrypted Azure storage accounts) consistently across AWS, Azure, and OpenStack IaC pipelines before deployment. What tool and strategy should be integrated? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-17 Our developers build container images on-premises and deploy them to clusters in AWS EKS and Azure AKS. Deployments are slow because EKS nodes pull multi-gigabyte images directly from an on-premises registry over a slow WAN link during autoscaling events. How should image distribution be redesigned? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-12 Our monthly cloud bill spans AWS and Azure, and compute instances are consistently running at 15% CPU utilization year-round using standard on-demand pricing. What FinOps optimization strategy should be deployed? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-16 We are setting up an active-passive cross-cloud relational database architecture between AWS Aurora and Azure Database for PostgreSQL. Should we use database-level logical replication or file-system level storage mirroring over IPSec VPN? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-15 We are deploying IoT processing nodes at remote factory locations with intermittent network connectivity to AWS. Developers propose using synchronous REST API calls from edge devices directly to an AWS RDS Postgres database. Why is this problematic and how should edge data synchronization be designed? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-20 An enterprise wants to establish zero-trust network access between on-premises legacy applications and multi-cloud microservices without relying solely on network perimeter IP whitelisting. What security control model should be implemented? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-04 We are building an application purely inside AWS across two VPCs in us-east-1. What is the AWS CLI command to create a VPC peering connection between vpc-11111111 and vpc-22222222? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-09 Our company uses an on-premises Active Directory and wants to federate identity across AWS IAM and Azure AD without creating separate IAM users per cloud. What architecture achieves centralized single sign-on with role mapping? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-08 When managing multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS and Azure) with Terraform, a developer suggests using a single shared terraform.tfstate file containing all resource declarations for both clouds in one directory. How should the state and directory structure be organized? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-10 We have a healthcare analytics workload processing sensitive patient records with a 5 millisecond latency requirement for local lab instruments. The team wants to run the core processing DB in a public AWS region. Where should this database be placed? | pass→pass | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-19 We want to manage Kubernetes application deployments across development (AWS EKS), staging (Azure AKS), and production (on-premises OpenShift) using GitOps. How should environments and secrets be structured in the Git repository? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-21 Logs are scattered across OpenStack syslog, AWS CloudWatch, and Azure Monitor. Operators currently log into three separate dashboards during outages. What architecture unifies observability and log aggregation? | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
▸case-01 We are planning to connect our on-premises OpenStack environment with both AWS and Azure for a hybrid e-commerce platform. Please provide a step-by-step design proposal including workload placement recommendations, hybrid network connectivity options with redundancy, and a cross-cloud security control plan. Structure your output with clear section headers, actionable deployment steps, and verification methods for each phase. | fail→fail | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |