20+ practice questions focused on Multi Datacenter Federation — one of the most tested topics on the HashiCorp Certified: Consul Associate (Consul 1.15) (Consul 1.15) exam. Each question includes a detailed explanation so you learn why the right answer is correct.
Start Multi Datacenter Federation PracticeA cross-datacenter service discovery request is failing. You observe the local datacenter can resolve the service via DNS, but the remote datacenter cannot. Which configuration parameter must be checked?
Explanation: In multi-datacenter Consul, the primary_datacenter parameter identifies which datacenter holds the authoritative catalog and ACL configuration. If it is misconfigured or points to the wrong DC, cross-DC service discovery and DNS resolution for remote services fail even though local resolution works.
When configuring Mesh Gateways for WAN federation, what is the primary purpose of the 'wan' bind address?
Explanation: Mesh gateways use the wan bind address to facilitate cross-datacenter traffic routing when native WAN gossip cannot be used or is restricted.
A service in datacenter A needs to call a service in datacenter B. If 'prepared_queries' are not used, how does the service discovery query look?
Explanation: In Consul DNS, the canonical fully-qualified name for a service in a remote datacenter is <service>.service.<datacenter>.consul. The datacenter label is inserted between the 'service' subdomain and the top-level 'consul' zone, so a query for 'web' in 'dc2' resolves to web.service.dc2.consul. This is the standard form used when prepared queries are not in play, because prepared queries allow failover and geo-routing via a single stable name.
Which file path is standard for storing the Consul server configuration, including WAN settings?
Explanation: Consul's conventional configuration directory on Linux is /etc/consul.d, where JSON or HCL files defining server, client, WAN, and other settings are placed. Consul automatically loads all *.json and *.hcl files from this directory when started with -config-dir=/etc/consul.d. This is the standard path used in documentation, systemd units, and production deployments.
What is the default port used for WAN gossip between Consul servers?
Explanation: Consul uses port 8302 for WAN gossip, which is the Serf gossip protocol used between servers across datacenters. This is distinct from LAN gossip on 8301 and the server RPC port on 8300.
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