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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
  • HCP Consul Quick Start
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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
    Deploy a managed HCP Consul cluster to quickly get started with Consul's full capabilities.

Popular Use Cases

  • 2 tutorials
    Secure Service Communication
    Authenticate service-to-service communication with mTLS and authorization with Access Control Lists (ACLs).
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  • 2 tutorials
    Traffic Management
    Traffic routing with Consul service mesh, gateways, and Envoy proxies.
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  • 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.
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  • 30min
    Automate your network configuration with Consul-Terraform-Sync
    Automate updates to firewall rules in network infrastructure with Consul-Terraform-Sync.
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  • 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.
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Get Certified

  • 3 tutorials
    Prepare for Consul Certification (002)
    Study and review guides for the HashiCorp Certified: Consul Associate exam (002).
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  • 1 tutorial
    Associate Tutorial List (002)
    Study for the Consul Associate exam by following these tutorials. Login to Learn and bookmark them to track your progress. Study the complete list of study materials (including docs) in the Certification Prep guides.
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