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Add link to Learn to the top, move service mesh higher up on list of features. (#7474)

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# Consul [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/hashicorp/consul/tree/master.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/hashicorp/consul/tree/master) [![Discuss](https://img.shields.io/badge/discuss-consul-ca2171.svg?style=flat)](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/c/consul)
* Website: https://www.consul.io
* Tutorials: [https://learn.hashicorp.com](https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul)
* Forum: [Discuss](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/c/consul)
Consul is a tool for service discovery and configuration. Consul is
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discovery prevents routing traffic to unhealthy hosts and enables service
level circuit breakers.
* **Service Segmentation/Service Mesh** - Consul Connect enables secure service-to-service
communication with automatic TLS encryption and identity-based authorization. Applications
can use sidecar proxies in a service mesh configuration to establish TLS
connections for inbound and outbound connections without being aware of Connect at all.
* **Key/Value Storage** - A flexible key/value store enables storing
dynamic configuration, feature flagging, coordination, leader election and
more. The simple HTTP API makes it easy to use anywhere.
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* **Multi-Datacenter** - Consul is built to be datacenter aware, and can
support any number of regions without complex configuration.
* **Service Segmentation/Service Mesh** - Consul Connect enables secure service-to-service
communication with automatic TLS encryption and identity-based authorization. Applications
can use sidecar proxies in a service mesh configuration to establish TLS
connections for inbound and outbound connections without being aware of Connect at all.
Consul runs on Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Solaris, and Windows. A commercial
version called [Consul Enterprise](https://www.hashicorp.com/products/consul)
is also available.
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A few quick start guides are available on the Consul website:
* **Standalone binary install:** https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/getting-started/install.html
* **Kubernetes install:** https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/kubernetes/kubernetes-deployment-guide
* **Standalone binary install:** https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/getting-started/install
* **Minikube install:** https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/kubernetes/minikube
* **Kubernetes install:** https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/kubernetes/kubernetes-deployment-guide
## Documentation