Azure Container Instances

Question 1

What allows you to launch containers without the need to worry about configuring or managing the underlying virtual machine?

Answer 1

Azure Container Instances (ACIs)

Question 2

What are Container Groups?

Answer 2

Container Groups are collection of containers that get scheduled on the same host machine. The containers in a container group share: Lifecycle, Resources, Local network, and storage volumes.

Question 3

What specifies what a container should do when its process has been completed?

Answer 3

A container restart policy

Question 4

What are Container Environment Variables?

Answer 4

Environment variables (Env Vars) allow you to pass configuration details to your containers. Environment variables can be set via the Azure Portal, CLI or PowerShell.

Question 5

How do we persist state beyond the lifetime of the container?

Answer 5

Azure Containers are stateless by default. When a container crashes or stops all state is loss. To persist state you need to mount an external volume.