Understand the concept
A process can be running while an application is unhealthy. Health checks, logs, HTTP status tests and real user tests reveal different layers of system status.
Docker ps reports container state; docker logs shows recent output; curl can test an HTTP endpoint. Avoid exposing admin interfaces or container-management sockets.
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Practice task
Document an incident with symptom, scope, checks, resolution, and prevention.
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