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Sysadmin quests build practical progression through the sysadmin skill tree. This page is a QA-oriented map of quest dependencies, process IO, and inventory gates.

Quest tree

1. Learn Basic Linux Commands
2. Monitor System Resources
3. Inspect System Logs

1) Learn Basic Linux Commands (sysadmin/basic-commands)

• Quest link: /quests/sysadmin/basic-commands
• Unlock prerequisite:
  • requiresQuests: welcome/howtodoquests
• Dialogue requiresItems gates:
  • prep → "Transcript generated" - shell transcript ×1
  • parse → "Cheatsheet complete" - command cheatsheet ×1
  • finish → "Mission complete" - shell transcript ×1, command cheatsheet ×1
• Grants:
  • Dialogue options/steps grantsItems: None
  • Quest-level grantsItems: None
• Rewards:
  • basic shell operator badge ×1
• Processes used:
  • sysadmin-basic-generate-shell-transcript
    • Requires: Laptop Computer ×1
    • Consumes: none
    • Creates: shell transcript ×1
  • sysadmin-basic-compile-command-cheatsheet
    • Requires: shell transcript ×1
    • Consumes: none
    • Creates: command cheatsheet ×1

2) Monitor System Resources (sysadmin/resource-monitoring)

• Quest link: /quests/sysadmin/resource-monitoring
• Unlock prerequisite:
  • requiresQuests: sysadmin/basic-commands
• Dialogue requiresItems gates:
  • local-scan → "Baseline captured" - resource snapshot ×1
  • remote-scan → "Remote telemetry captured" - remote node telemetry report ×1
  • finish → "Monitoring mission complete" - resource snapshot ×1, remote node telemetry report ×1
• Grants:
  • Dialogue options/steps grantsItems: None
  • Quest-level grantsItems: None
• Rewards:
  • observability checkpoint badge ×1
• Processes used:
  • sysadmin-monitor-capture-local-snapshot
    • Requires: Laptop Computer ×1
    • Consumes: none
    • Creates: resource snapshot ×1
  • sysadmin-monitor-collect-remote-node-telemetry
    • Requires: Laptop Computer ×1, Pi cluster node ×1, resource snapshot ×1
    • Consumes: none
    • Creates: remote node telemetry report ×1

3) Inspect System Logs (sysadmin/log-analysis)

• Quest link: /quests/sysadmin/log-analysis
• Unlock prerequisite:
  • requiresQuests: sysadmin/resource-monitoring
• Dialogue requiresItems gates:
  • journal-pass → "Journal report created" - journalctl report ×1
  • tail-pass → "Incident extract complete" - incident log extract ×1
  • finish → "Log analysis mission complete" - journalctl report ×1, incident log extract ×1
• Grants:
  • Dialogue options/steps grantsItems: None
  • Quest-level grantsItems: None
• Rewards:
  • incident response analyst badge ×1
• Processes used:
  • sysadmin-logs-export-journalctl-report
    • Requires: Laptop Computer ×1
    • Consumes: none
    • Creates: journalctl report ×1
  • sysadmin-logs-tail-incident-extract
    • Requires: journalctl report ×1
    • Consumes: none
    • Creates: incident log extract ×1

QA flow notes

• Cross-quest dependencies: follow quest unlocks in order; each quest above lists exact requiresQuests and inventory gates that must be present before completion paths appear.
• Progression integrity checks: verify each process-backed step can be completed either by running the process or by satisfying the documented continuation gate items.
• Known pitfalls: repeated processes may generate stackable logs or outputs; validate minimum item counts on continuation options before skipping process steps.