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Consul is a highly available and distributed service discovery and KV
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store designed with support for the modern data center to make distributed
systems and configuration easy.
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<h1>Service Mesh Made Easy</h1>
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<p>Distributed service networking layer to connect, secure, and configure services across any runtime platform and public or private cloud</p>
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<h2>Service-based networking for dynamic infrastructure</h2>
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<p>The shift from static to dynamic infrastructure creates a challenge for connectivity and security. Consul is the service-based networking solution to connect, configure, and secure services in dynamic infrastructure.</p>
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<h3>Static</h3>
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<h3>Service Discovery <span>for connectivity</h3>
<p>Service Registry enables services to register and discover each other.</p>
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<h3>Service Segmentation <span>for security</h3>
<p>Secure service-to-service communication with automatic TLS encryption and identity-based authorization.</p>
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<h3>Service Configuration <span>for runtime configuration</h3>
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<p>Feature rich Key/Value store to easily configure services.</p>
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<p>Connect services across any runtime platform and public or private cloud. Connect services from Kubernetes to VMs, Containers to Serverless functions.</p>
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<p>Consul Open Source addresses the technical complexity of connecting services across distributed infrastructure.</p>
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