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Multi Datacenter Federation
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Which TWO of the following are consequences of a primary datacenter outage in a federated environment?
Medium2A 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?
Hard3You are troubleshooting a partition between two datacenters. The WAN gossip shows high latency. Which Consul CLI tool provides the best insight into the WAN gossip state?
Hard4When configuring ACL replication, where must the 'acl_replication_token' be defined?
Medium5How do you enable WAN federation between two Consul datacenters that do not share a network?
Easy6What is the role of a Consul server in a non-primary datacenter regarding ACLs?
Medium7Which THREE network considerations are vital for Consul WAN federation?
Hard8In a multi-datacenter environment, what happens if the 'primary_datacenter' server cluster becomes unavailable?
Medium9To verify if two datacenters are connected via WAN, which command shows the remote datacenter's server nodes?
Easy10What is the benefit of using a Mesh Gateway in a multi-datacenter deployment with overlapping IP space?
Medium11You want to ensure that specific services in a remote datacenter are only accessible to certain local services. How can you achieve this?
Medium12A 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?
Hard13What is the default port used for WAN gossip between Consul servers?
Medium14When configuring an ACL policy for cross-datacenter access, what policy rule is necessary to read service information from a remote datacenter?
Hard15Which TWO of the following are prerequisites for successful WAN federation?
Medium16Which THREE configuration items are part of a complete WAN gossip setup?
Hard17What happens to the gossip protocol if the 'encrypt' key is mismatched between two datacenters trying to join via WAN?
Easy18When joining a new datacenter to an existing WAN pool, what is the best practice for server versions?
Easy19Which TWO of the following are valid ways to troubleshoot inter-datacenter communication issues?
Medium20What is the function of the 'retry_join_wan' configuration?
Hard21What is the purpose of the 'datacenter' field in the Consul agent configuration?
Medium22Which THREE items are required when configuring ACL replication in Consul?
Hard23You are joining two Consul datacenters via WAN gossip. Which command must be executed on a Consul server in the secondary datacenter to initiate the federation?
Easy24Which THREE items are included in the metadata shared via WAN gossip?
Hard25Which THREE features are critical for maintaining ACL consistency across datacenters?
Medium26You have enabled ACL replication between a primary and secondary datacenter. What is the effect of changing an ACL policy in the primary datacenter?
Medium27Which TWO statements are true regarding Consul Mesh Gateways?
Hard28Which file format is used for Consul configuration?
Medium29Which TWO of the following are true about Consul datacenters?
Medium30Which THREE factors influence cross-datacenter service discovery resolution?
Medium31When using 'prepared_queries' for cross-datacenter failover, what does the 'failover' block allow you to specify?
Hard32You notice that the KV store is not consistent across datacenters. What is the cause?
Hard33When using multiple datacenters, what is the primary role of the 'consul-template' tool?
Medium34If you are running Consul Enterprise, what feature simplifies the management of cross-datacenter secrets?
Hard35What is the recommended number of Consul servers per datacenter to ensure high availability?
Medium36Which protocol do Consul servers use to maintain the WAN gossip pool?
Easy37Which file path is standard for storing the Consul server configuration, including WAN settings?
Easy38Which TWO of the following accurately describe Consul's WAN gossip protocol behavior?
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