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# Using Connect with Envoy Proxy
Consul Connect has first class support for using
[Envoy](https://www.envoyproxy.io) as a proxy. This guide will walk through a
working example on a local development machine that shows the moving parts.
[Envoy](https://www.envoyproxy.io/) as a proxy. This guide will describe how to setup a development-mode Consul server and two services that use
Envoy proxies on a single machine with [Docker](https://www.docker.com/).
The aim of this guide is to demonstrate a minimal working setup and the moving parts involved, it is not intended for production deployments.
For reference documentation on how the integration works and is configured,
please see [Envoy](/docs/connect/proxies/envoy.html).
please see our [Envoy documentation](/docs/connect/proxies/envoy.html).
## Setup Overview
This guide will describe how to setup a development-mode Consul server and two
Envoy proxies on a single machine using [Docker](https://www.docker.com/). The
aim is to demonstrate a minimal working setup and the moving parts involved.
We'll start all containers using Docker's `host` network mode and will have a total of five containers running by the end of this guide.
1. A single Consul server
2. An example TCP `echo` service as a destination
3. An Envoy sidecar proxy for the `echo` service
4. An Envoy sidecar proxy for the `client` service
5. An example `client` service (netcat)
We choose to run in Docker since Envoy is only distributed as a Docker image so
it's the quickest way to get a demo running. The same commands used here will
work in just the same way outside of Docker if you build an Envoy binary
yourself.
We'll start all containers using Docker's `host` network mode which is not a
realistic simulation of a production setup, but makes the following steps much
simpler.
We should end up with five containers running:
1. The Consul agent
2. An example TCP `echo` service as a destination
3. An Envoy sidecar proxy for the `echo` service
4. An Envoy sidecar proxy for the `client` service
5. An example `client` service (netcat)
## Building an Envoy Image
Starting Envoy requires a bootstrap configuration file that points Envoy to the
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We will use the `consul-envoy` image we just made to configure and run Envoy
processes later.
## Consul Agent Setup
## Deploying a Consul Server
Next we need a Consul agent. We'll work with a single Consul agent in `-dev`
Next we need a Consul server. We'll work with a single Consul server in `-dev`
mode for simplicity.
-> **Note:** `-dev` mode enables the gRPC server on port 8502 by default. For a
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port](/docs/agent/options.html#grpc_port).
In order to start a proxy instance, a [proxy service
definition](/docs/connect/proxies.html) must exist on the local agent. We'll
definition](/docs/connect/proxies.html) must exist on the local Consul agent. We'll
create one using the [sidecar service
registration](/docs/connect/proxies/sidecar-service.html) syntax.
Create a config file called `envoy_demo.hcl` containing the following service
Create a configuration file called `envoy_demo.hcl` containing the following service
definitions.
```hcl
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}
```
The Consul agent container can now be started with that configuration.
The Consul container can now be started with that configuration.
```sh
$ docker run --rm -d -v$(pwd)/envoy_demo.hcl:/etc/consul/envoy_demo.hcl \
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docker logs -f consul-agent
```
Note that the Consul agent has registered two services `client` and `echo`, but
Note that the Consul server has registered two services `client` and `echo`, but
also registered two proxies `client-sidecar-proxy` and `echo-sidecar-proxy`.
Next we'll need to run those services and proxies.
## Running the Echo Service
Next we'll run the `echo` service. We can use an existing tcp echo utility image
Next we'll run the `echo` service. We can use an existing TCP echo utility image
for this.
Start the echo service on port 9090 as registered before.
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allows the Envoy instance to watch for any changes so certificate rotations or
changes to the upstream service instances are immediately sent to the proxy.
## Running the Client
## Running the Client Service
Finally, we can see the connectivity by running a dummy "client" service. Rather
than run a full service that itself can listen, we'll simulate the service with
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To see how to get Consul Connect working in different environments like
Kubernetes see the [Connect Getting
Started](/docs/connect/index.html#getting-started-with-connect) overview.
Started](/docs/connect/index.html#getting-started-with-connect) overview.