Consul 1.15 Service Discovery Practice Question
Which Consul feature allows you to perform health checks against a service that does not have an exposed HTTP endpoint but resides on the same machine?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Script health check.
Script-based checks run locally on the agent node, allowing monitoring of processes or system resources.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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TCP health check.
Why it's wrong here
TCP checks require an exposed port.
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Script health check.
Why this is correct
Script checks can execute any command locally on the node.
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HTTP health check.
Why it's wrong here
HTTP checks require an HTTP server.
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gRPC health check.
Why it's wrong here
gRPC checks require a gRPC server.
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