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Consul is a complex system that relies on a number of protocols and concepts to work. Learn about Consul's internal properties and how it works under the hood.
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# Consul Internals Overview

This section covers some of the internals of Consul. Understanding the internals of Consul is necessary to successfully
use it in production.

Please review the following documentation to understand how Consul works.

- [Architecture](/docs/architecture)
- [Consensus Protocol](/docs/architecture/consensus)
- [Gossip Protocol](/docs/architecture/gossip)
- [Network Coordinates](/docs/architecture/coordinates)
- [Sessions](/docs/security/acl/auth-methods/oidc)
- [Anti-Entropy](/docs/architecture/anti-entropy)
- [Security Model](/docs/security)
- [Discovery Chain](/docs/connect/l7-traffic/discovery-chain)

You should also be familiar with [Jepsen testing](/docs/architecture/jepsen), before deploying
a production datacenter.
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/docs/internals 2022-09-13 19:55:30 +00:00			`# Consul Internals Overview`
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			`This section covers some of the internals of Consul. Understanding the internals of Consul is necessary to successfully`
			`use it in production.`

			`Please review the following documentation to understand how Consul works.`

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			`- [Consensus Protocol](/docs/architecture/consensus)`
			`- [Gossip Protocol](/docs/architecture/gossip)`
			`- [Network Coordinates](/docs/architecture/coordinates)`
			`- [Sessions](/docs/security/acl/auth-methods/oidc)`
			`- [Anti-Entropy](/docs/architecture/anti-entropy)`
			`- [Security Model](/docs/security)`
			`- [Discovery Chain](/docs/connect/l7-traffic/discovery-chain)`
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docs: Avoid redirects by pointing links to new URLs Avoid HTTP redirects for internal site links by updating old URLs to point to the new location for the target content. 2022-01-10 23:36:16 +00:00			`You should also be familiar with [Jepsen testing](/docs/architecture/jepsen), before deploying`
initial 2020-04-06 20:27:35 +00:00			`a production datacenter.`