# chassing/linux-sysadmin-interview-questions

Collection of Linux Sysadmin/DevOps interview questions

Repository: https://github.com/chassing/linux-sysadmin-interview-questions
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/linux-sysadmin-interview-questions
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-03-11T09:02:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4586, "days_push": 905, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5334, forks 1209 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:15.765202+00:00)

## What it is
A curated collection of Linux system administrator and DevOps interview questions organized by difficulty and topic. It is a community-contributed reference list covering general, Linux, networking, MySQL, and DevOps questions.

## Use cases
- prepare for a linux sysadmin job interview
- find devops interview questions to practice
- study linux networking and command-line questions
- build a quiz for evaluating sysadmin candidates
- review mysql and devops interview topics

## When to choose
- you are preparing for a Linux sysadmin or DevOps interview
- you need a quick reference of common ops interview questions
- you want a community-maintained question bank to study from

## When to avoid
- you need hands-on labs or tutorials rather than question lists
- you need answers and detailed explanations (the list is mostly questions)
- you need up-to-date coverage of cloud-native or Kubernetes-specific topics

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, tutorials, education
- platform: -
- tags: interview-questions, sysadmin, devops, awesome-list, study-guide, linux

## Member repositories
- chassing/linux-sysadmin-interview-questions (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:15.765202+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:58:51.843466+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chassing/linux-sysadmin-interview-questions (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:15.765202+00:00, sha bf193af712bb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.