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  Consul is a highly available and distributed service discovery and KV
  store designed with support for the modern data center to make distributed
  systems and configuration easy.
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        <h2>A paradigm shift</h2>
        <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>Dynamic</h3>
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        <h2>Use Cases</h2>
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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>
            <p>Feature rich Key/Value store lets you easily configure services.</p>
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        <h2>Principles of Consul</h2>
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            <h3>Automation through Codification</h3>
            <p>Codify and automate service authorization policy.</p>
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              <code>$ curl \
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  "Name": "api",
  "Service": {
    "Service": "api",
    </code><code class='keyword'>"Tags"</code><code>: ["v1.2.3"],
    "Failover": {
      "Datacenters": ["dc1", "dc2"]</code>
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            <h3>Workflows, not Technologies</h3>
            <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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            <h3>Open and Extensible</h3>
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              <li>Provision clusters on any infrastructure.</li>
              <li>Connect to services over TLS via proxy integrations.</li>
              <li>Serve TLS certificates pluggable Certificate Authorities.</li>
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        <h3>Join millions of companies that trust Consul.</h3>
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        <p>Consul Open Source addresses the technical complexity of connecting services across distributed infrastructure.</p>
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        <p>Consul Enterprise addresses the organizational complexity of large user bases and compliance requirements with collaboration and governance features.</p>
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