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page_title: AWS ECS
description: >-
  Consul Service Mesh can be deployed on AWS ECS (Elastic Container Service).
  This section documents the official installation of Consul on ECS.
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# AWS ECS

-> **Beta:** This functionality is currently in beta and is
not recommended for use in production environments. Refer to the [consul-ecs-project road map](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-ecs/projects/1) for information about upcoming features and enhancements.

Consul can be deployed on [AWS ECS](https://aws.amazon.com/ecs/) (Elastic Container Service) using our official
Terraform modules.

![Consul on ECS Architecture](/img/consul-ecs-arch.png)

## Service Mesh

Using Consul on AWS ECS enables you to add your ECS tasks to the service mesh and
take advantage of features such as zero-trust-security, intentions, observability,
traffic policy, and more.

## Example Installation

See our [Example Installation](https://registry.terraform.io/modules/hashicorp/consul-ecs/aws/latest/examples/dev-server-fargate)
to learn how to install Consul on an example ECS cluster along with example service mesh applications.

## Install

See our full [Install Guide](/docs/ecs/get-started/install) when you're ready to install Consul
on an existing ECS cluster and add existing tasks to the service mesh.