CloudEngine Labs DevOps Engineer Assignment

Time limit

• Assignment needs to be submitted within 2 days after it is shared to candidate.

Objective of the assignment

• This is to test the basic understanding of candidate's knowledge in the below areas,

1. Git commands usage
2. Basic knowledge in (Python) programming
3. Knowledge on Docker
4. Testing whether the candidate providing attention to necessary details as part of implementation
5. Testing candidate's problem solving skills

Candidates can feel free to use the internet search or any other medium to solve the assignment.

Instructions

Please read and follow the instructions carefully

Create Repo in your GitHub account

• Clone the repository from GitHub. Important Note: Don't fork the repo
• Re-Create repository in your GitHub account and Push the code you have cloned.

Please create an user account in GitHub, if you don't have one.

Assignment problem statements

Must have requirements

• Step 1: Create a Python Program to get the user input and print it to the console. Name the file as print_text.py
• Step 2: Create a Dockerfile to create a container image for the program created in step 1 and use the alpine version of base image in Dockerfile
• Step 3: Test the Dockerfile by building the image
• Step 4: Run the image as a container. Capture console output and save it in a text file
• Step 5: Commit and Push the updated code into your GitHub repo

Good to have requirement (not a must)

• Step 6: If you're able to create a GitHub Action workflow for the above automation, then you have an added advantage for the submission.

How to submit

• Capture the output of Steps 2,3 and 4 (also 5 if you've done it) in Google Document
• Share the google document link to work@cloudenginelabs.io

Note: Anytime if you have questions, please drop a note to work@cloudenginelabs.io