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What does Consul's "watch" mechanism let an application or script do?
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What does Consul's "watch" mechanism let an application or script do?
What is a reasonable scenario where a team would specifically reach for Consul rather than relying purely on a container orchestrator's (like Kubernetes') built-in service discovery?
What is the role of the Consul "agent," and what are the two modes it can run in?
What problem does Consul's "service discovery" feature solve?
What consensus protocol does Consul use to maintain consistency among its server nodes?
What does the Consul UI (web dashboard) typically provide visibility into?
What is the significance of Consul supporting ACLs (Access Control Lists) for securing cluster operations?
What is a Consul "health check," and what does it enable?
What is a "service definition" in Consul, and how is a service typically registered?
What is a "sidecar proxy" in the context of Consul Connect's service mesh architecture?
What is Consul Connect (Consul's service mesh capability)?
What is the purpose of Consul's "multi-datacenter" (WAN federation) support?
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