How can you update the Consul agent without any downtime to include the new health check?

A service supporting a grocery store is using Consul for service discovery. Multiple instances of the inventory service have been registered with a health check to ensure each individual instance is healthy. You've decided that you want to add a second health check to the service, so you update the...

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Based on the information provided below, why can't you successfully register the service?

You are launching a new service to be registered with Consul. However, when you attempt to register the service using the following command you are getting a permission denied error. consul services register /etc/consul.d/client/app1_service.json - token=988b8fb4-357a-376d-057e-9d9fd5a170a2 Based on the information provided below, why can't you successfully register the service? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

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A Consul snapshot saves a point-in-time snapshot of the state of the Consul servers, and includes what type of data? (select five)

A Consul snapshot saves a point-in-time snapshot of the state of the Consul servers, and includes what type of data? (select five)A . prepared queries B. sessions C. consul-template templates D. ACLs E. audit log of API requests F. KV entries G. the service catalogView AnswerAnswer: A,B,D,F,G Explanation: Consul provides...

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True or False? The open-source tools Consul Template and Envconsul require a Consul cluster to operate.

True or False? The open-source tools Consul Template and Envconsul require a Consul cluster to operate.A . true B. falseView AnswerAnswer: B Explanation: Despite the name, Consul Template, nor Envconsul, does not require a Consul cluster to operate. Consul Template can retrieve secrets from Vault and manage the acquisition and...

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What is the easiest way to do so?

You are using the Consul KV store and need to be able to easily list all of the keys in a given path. What is the easiest way to do so?A . consul kv read -recursive B. consul kv get *.* C. consul kv read D. consul kv get -recurseView...

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True or False? The Consul UI and the API can only be accessed from a Consul server itself.

True or False? The Consul UI and the API can only be accessed from a Consul server itself.A . True B. FalseView AnswerAnswer: B Explanation: This is false. The UI and API are intended to be consumed from remote systems, such as a user's desktop or an application looking to...

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Which of the following are true about running Consul in development mode? (select three)

Which of the following are true about running Consul in development mode? (select three)A . development mode allows you to easily experiment with most of Consul's functionality B. development mode is not secure C. it is acceptable to run development mode in a production environment D. development mode is easily...

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There are several ways to register services in Consul. Select the valid options below: (select four)

There are several ways to register services in Consul. Select the valid options below: (select four)A . through the UI for a visual configuration B. using the API to register them with a JSON or HCL specification C. using configuration files that are loaded at node startup D. using the...

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Which of the following is responsible for managing membership and broadcasting messages to the cluster?

Which of the following is responsible for managing membership and broadcasting messages to the cluster?A . Prepared Queries B. Raft (Paxos) C. Discovery chain D. Serf (SWIM)View AnswerAnswer: D Explanation: Consul uses a gossip protocol to manage membership and broadcast messages to the cluster. All of this is provided through...

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What could be the reason for this?

You are verifying the gossip encryption key currently used on your Consul cluster. You notice a discrepancy between the encryption key identified in the configuration file vs. what is being reported by the consul keyring command. What could be the reason for this? ------------------------------------------------------------------- Excerpt from Configuration File: The output...

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