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Consul

Automate Service Networking Across Clouds

  • Install
  • Tutorials
  • Documentation

What is Consul?

Consul is a service networking solution that enables teams to manage secure network connectivity between services and across multi-cloud environments and runtimes. Consul offers service discovery, identity-based authorization, L7 traffic management, and service-to-service encryption.

Learn more about Consul features

Get Started

Learn how to run service discovery and a service mesh with Consul.

  • Consul with Kubernetes
  • Consul with Virtual Machines
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Featured Documentation

  • Service Mesh
    Consul Service Mesh provides service-to-service connection authorization and encryption using mTLS.
  • Kubernetes
    Deploy Consul to Kubernetes using the Helm chart, sync services between Consul and Kubernetes, and more.
  • HCP Consul Dedicated
    Deploy a managed HCP Consul Dedicated cluster to quickly get started with Consul's full capabilities.

Popular Use Cases

  • 7 tutorials
    Connect services
    Register services and health checks to Consul.
    • Consul
  • 2 tutorials
    Traffic Management
    Traffic routing with Consul service mesh, gateways, and Envoy proxies.
    • Consul
  • 15min
    Control access into the service mesh with Consul API gateway
    Route inbound requests to Consul service mesh applications using Consul API gateway. Use API gateway routes for path-based routing and load balancing.
    • Consul
  • 30min
    Automate your network configuration with Consul-Terraform-Sync
    Automate updates to firewall rules in network infrastructure with Consul-Terraform-Sync.
    • Terraform
    • Consul
  • 16min
    Extend your service mesh to support AWS Lambda
    Migrate a Kubernetes service deployment into an AWS Lambda function. Import AWS Lambda functions inside your Consul service mesh using terminating gateways and Consul service splitters.
    • Consul

Get Certified

  • 3 tutorials
    Prepare for the Consul Associate (003) certification exam
    Prepare for your Consul Associate certification exam. Choose to follow an in-depth guide or to review select exam topics depending on the kind of preparation support you need. Then review sample questions to learn what to expect on exam day.
    • Consul