Consul-002Associate LevelHashiCorp

HashiCorp Certified: Consul Associate (002)

Tests modern microservices service networking automation: dynamic service discovery, service health checking, service mesh with automated mTLS, traffic routing, intentions, and multi-datacenter federation.

Recommended Prerequisites: Familiarity with networking concepts (DNS, TCP, HTTP), microservices architectures, and basic Linux administration.

Exam Duration

1 Hour (60 Mins)

Passing Score

70%

Registration Cost

$70.50 USD

Exam Format

Multiple Choice / Multiple Answer (57 Questions)

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Complete Exam Blueprint & Tested Competencies

Total 100% Weight

1. Consul Architecture

Weight: 20%

Key Exam Topics Tested:

Client vs Server agents, Raft consensus protocol, Gossip protocol (Serf LAN/WAN), Datacenter federation

Practical Competencies & Skills Required:

✓Configure consul.hcl with server = true and bootstrap_expect

2. Service Discovery and Health Checking

Weight: 22%

Key Exam Topics Tested:

Service definitions (JSON/HCL), DNS interface (.consul), HTTP API, health check types (HTTP, script, TCP, TTL)

Practical Competencies & Skills Required:

✓Query service records via dig @127.0.0.1 -p 8600 web.service.consul

3. Service Mesh (Consul Connect)

Weight: 22%

Key Exam Topics Tested:

Sidecar proxies (Envoy), automatic mutual TLS (mTLS), Intentions (allow/deny rules), L7 traffic management

Practical Competencies & Skills Required:

✓Enforce zero-trust network policies using Service Intentions

4. Key/Value Storage & Configuration

Weight: 18%

Key Exam Topics Tested:

Consul KV store, dynamic application configuration with Consul-Template and envconsul

Practical Competencies & Skills Required:

✓Manage KV keys with consul kv put/get/delete

5. Consul Security & Operations

Weight: 18%

Key Exam Topics Tested:

ACL tokens, policies, TLS agent encryption, backup and restore with consul snapshot

Practical Competencies & Skills Required:

✓Create and restore cluster state using consul snapshot save/restore

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