Worked approach revealed. Return to the challenge when you are ready to continue.
Duration: 30 minutes
Prerequisites#
Complete Challenge 5 — you need a reachable deployment in your own Azure subscription. If it is not working, return to Challenge 5 before continuing; no shared reference environment is supplied. Confirm the Azure SRE Agent is available in your region/subscription and that your account has the required permissions.
Approach#
Move from build to operate. The learning is in the detect → diagnose → remediate loop — get the agent connected fast so there's time to actually reach the diagnosis step.
Suggested pacing:
Enable/confirm observability ~7 min
Connect the SRE Agent ~7 min
Simulate a fault ~5 min
Investigate with the agent ~7 min
Remediate + confirm healthy ~4 min
Task 1: Enable/confirm observability#
- Confirm the deployed app emits logs, metrics, and health/readiness signals. If it lacks health/readiness endpoints, add them and confirm logging/metrics are enabled on the Azure resources.
Task 2: Connect the SRE Agent#
- Connect the Azure SRE Agent to the correct deployed resources / resource group so it can observe application health and report status. Permissions errors usually mean the agent needs extra roles on the monitored resources.
Task 3: Simulate a clear fault#
- 💡 Pick a fault that clearly affects health — a failing dependency (e.g. break a connection string) or a bad deploy — rather than a subtle one that won't surface.
Task 4: Investigate with the agent#
- 🔑 Let the agent surface and diagnose the issue and suggest remediation — the goal is agent-assisted diagnosis, not you spotting it manually. Capture what the agent surfaced vs. what you had to investigate yourself.
Task 5: Remediate and confirm#
- Apply the fix and confirm the agent reports healthy again. Note reliability gaps as backlog items — a natural feed into Challenge 7.
No optional stretch. Fast finishers should document agent-caught vs. manually-investigated findings and turn reliability gaps into backlog items.
You successfully completed challenge 6! 🚀🚀🚀