Consul 1.15 Service Discovery Practice Question
You are querying the Consul DNS interface for a service. How can you exclude specific tags from the results?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Consul DNS does not support tag exclusion; you must filter via the HTTP API.
Consul DNS queries do not support tag exclusion directly in the query string; you filter by including only the desired tags.
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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Use the '!' character before the tag name.
Why it's wrong here
This syntax is not supported in DNS.
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Consul DNS does not support tag exclusion; you must filter via the HTTP API.
Why this is correct
DNS queries are limited; complex filtering requires the HTTP API.
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Add a 'not' parameter to the query.
Why it's wrong here
'not' is not a valid parameter.
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Use regex in the service name.
Why it's wrong here
Service names do not support regex.
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