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Service Mesh With Consul Connect
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Which THREE items are required to configure an upstream service?
Medium2Which TWO of the following are benefits of using Consul Connect?
Easy3Which command displays all active intentions in the Consul mesh?
Medium4Which THREE tasks are performed by the Consul agent for Connect?
Medium5Which TWO are common use cases for Consul Connect?
Easy6You are troubleshooting a connection error where the sidecar proxy cannot reach the upstream service. Which log file provides the most detail regarding Envoy's connectivity issues?
Hard7What is the function of the 'consul intention check' command?
Easy8Which service definition field is used to link a sidecar proxy to its parent service?
Easy9What does the 'kind' field in a service definition specify for a Consul Connect service?
Easy10Which TWO of the following are features of Consul Connect native integration?
Hard11Which THREE factors influence the mTLS handshake in a Consul Connect mesh?
Hard12Which of the following is a key feature of Consul Connect's intentions?
Easy13What is the primary benefit of using a Mesh Gateway in a Consul Connect architecture?
Hard14Which THREE settings are part of the 'proxy' configuration block?
Medium15You need to perform a canary deployment for a service. What Consul feature should you use?
Hard16Which TWO of the following are valid ways to configure Consul Connect?
Easy17When configuring mTLS in Consul Connect, how are certificates distributed to the sidecar proxies?
Hard18You have a service that needs to talk to a service in a different datacenter. What configuration is required?
Medium19If you are using SPIRE for certificate management, how does this interact with Consul Connect?
Hard20Which TWO of the following are valid ways to monitor Consul Connect performance?
Hard21A service 'api' is configured with mTLS. You want to rotate the CA root certificate without interrupting existing connections. What is the recommended strategy?
Hard22Which component acts as the default sidecar proxy for Consul Connect?
Easy23What is the purpose of the 'upstreams' block in a service definition?
Medium24When using 'Consul Connect native' integration, how does the application handle mTLS?
Medium25What is the primary role of the Consul Connect 'upstream' configuration?
Easy26What is the correct way to specify a local bind port for an upstream service?
Medium27How do you enable mTLS globally in a Consul datacenter?
Medium28How are intentions applied to services in different partitions or namespaces?
Medium29You need to deny all traffic between 'service-a' and 'service-b' using intentions. What is the most efficient way to achieve this?
Medium30Which THREE of the following are components of a Consul Connect service definition?
Medium31Which protocol is used for the control plane communication between the Consul agent and the sidecar proxy?
Medium32What is the function of the 'consul connect envoy' command?
Medium33When troubleshooting a service that fails to start its Envoy proxy, which service definition field should you check for incorrect configuration?
Hard34Which TWO of the following are true regarding intentions?
Medium35Which THREE of the following are supported as sidecar proxy types in Consul?
Medium36What happens if a service proxy loses its connection to the local Consul agent?
Medium37Which CLI command would you use to check the status of a Connect-enabled service?
Easy38What is the 'Consul Connect proxy' kind used for?
Medium39You are configuring a sidecar proxy for a service named 'web'. Which configuration stanza in the service definition correctly defines the proxy's inbound port for Connect traffic?
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