Labs

DevOps Labs

Live labs for real-world DevOps troubleshooting.

Deadnodes runs real incident labs for teams that want practical DevOps training.

Live Linux and cloud
Incident-style labs
Timed runs
Scoring

Traditional labs

Scripted walkthroughs
Static environments
No time pressure
Low realism

Deadnodes labs

Live incidents
Production-like outages
Timed recovery
Root-cause focus

Incident-first labs

Labs mirror production outages across the stack.

Linux
Kubernetes
Databases

Measure skill

Scorecards and run history for assessment and training.

Scoring
Run history
Repeatable incidents

Start fast

Launch a lab in minutes, no setup required.

No setup
Browser-based

Deadnodes: DevOps practice labs and technical interview platform

Deadnodes helps engineers and hiring teams practice and assess real DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering skills in live browser environments.

Hands-on troubleshooting labs for Linux, Kubernetes, Postgres, networking, and CI/CD.
Live terminal scenarios with timed runs, scoring, and run history.
Technical interview meetings with secure candidate links and a task picker.
Code Playbook exercises for live coding, pseudocode, debugging, and reasoning.
AI-assisted reports that summarize candidate actions, risks, and next questions.

Key pages: /en/for-ai-agents, /en/interview, /en/tasks/browse, /en/pricing.