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Service Mesh With Consul Connect

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1

Which THREE items are required to configure an upstream service?

Medium
2

Which TWO of the following are benefits of using Consul Connect?

Easy
3

Which command displays all active intentions in the Consul mesh?

Medium
4

Which THREE tasks are performed by the Consul agent for Connect?

Medium
5

Which TWO are common use cases for Consul Connect?

Easy
6

You 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?

Hard
7

What is the function of the 'consul intention check' command?

Easy
8

Which service definition field is used to link a sidecar proxy to its parent service?

Easy
9

What does the 'kind' field in a service definition specify for a Consul Connect service?

Easy
10

Which TWO of the following are features of Consul Connect native integration?

Hard
11

Which THREE factors influence the mTLS handshake in a Consul Connect mesh?

Hard
12

Which of the following is a key feature of Consul Connect's intentions?

Easy
13

What is the primary benefit of using a Mesh Gateway in a Consul Connect architecture?

Hard
14

Which THREE settings are part of the 'proxy' configuration block?

Medium
15

You need to perform a canary deployment for a service. What Consul feature should you use?

Hard
16

Which TWO of the following are valid ways to configure Consul Connect?

Easy
17

When configuring mTLS in Consul Connect, how are certificates distributed to the sidecar proxies?

Hard
18

You have a service that needs to talk to a service in a different datacenter. What configuration is required?

Medium
19

If you are using SPIRE for certificate management, how does this interact with Consul Connect?

Hard
20

Which TWO of the following are valid ways to monitor Consul Connect performance?

Hard
21

A service 'api' is configured with mTLS. You want to rotate the CA root certificate without interrupting existing connections. What is the recommended strategy?

Hard
22

Which component acts as the default sidecar proxy for Consul Connect?

Easy
23

What is the purpose of the 'upstreams' block in a service definition?

Medium
24

When using 'Consul Connect native' integration, how does the application handle mTLS?

Medium
25

What is the primary role of the Consul Connect 'upstream' configuration?

Easy
26

What is the correct way to specify a local bind port for an upstream service?

Medium
27

How do you enable mTLS globally in a Consul datacenter?

Medium
28

How are intentions applied to services in different partitions or namespaces?

Medium
29

You need to deny all traffic between 'service-a' and 'service-b' using intentions. What is the most efficient way to achieve this?

Medium
30

Which THREE of the following are components of a Consul Connect service definition?

Medium
31

Which protocol is used for the control plane communication between the Consul agent and the sidecar proxy?

Medium
32

What is the function of the 'consul connect envoy' command?

Medium
33

When troubleshooting a service that fails to start its Envoy proxy, which service definition field should you check for incorrect configuration?

Hard
34

Which TWO of the following are true regarding intentions?

Medium
35

Which THREE of the following are supported as sidecar proxy types in Consul?

Medium
36

What happens if a service proxy loses its connection to the local Consul agent?

Medium
37

Which CLI command would you use to check the status of a Connect-enabled service?

Easy
38

What is the 'Consul Connect proxy' kind used for?

Medium
39

You 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?

Medium

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