DevOps Pair Programming

Description

The candidate will deploy different components from a common infrastructure in AWS/GCP/Azure using the automation tool of their choice. We could recreate this environment many times only changing its name (for example production, staging, etc.)

Infrastructure Components

• Load Balancer
• Two Web/Application Servers
• One Database Server

Steps

• Choose an infrastructure as code tool: terraform, cloudformation, pulumi, ansible, etc.
• Choose the cloud provider where you are going to deploy the infrastructure.
• Clone the repository. Create your own branch for the exercise.
• List your requirements in order to execute the deployment.
• Explain your initial approach to resolve the exercise.
• Write the code or configuration using the tool of your choice.
• Explain their final approach to resolve the exercise.
• Get feedback from the interviewer about their proposed resolution.
• Make adjustments if needed.
• Push your code.
• Execute the deployment.
• If the deployment fails, explain why and possible solutions.
• If the deployment is successful, explain what things could be improved (performance, security, etc).