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  Consul is a service networking solution to connect and secure services across
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            <h1 class='g-type-display-1'>Secure Service Networking</h1>
            <p  class='g-type-body-large'>Consul is a service networking solution to connect and secure services across any runtime platform and public or private cloud</p>
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        <h2>What can you do with Consul?</h2>
        <p>Consul is a service networking tool that allows you to discover services and secure network traffic.</p>
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            <h3>Consul-Kubernetes Deployments</h3>
            <p>Use Consul service discovery and service mesh features with Kubernetes. </p>
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            <h3>Secure Service Communication</h3>
            <p>Secure and observe communication between your services without modifying their code.</p>
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            <h3>Dynamic Load Balancing</h3>
            <p>Automate load balancer configuration with Consul and HAProxy, Nginx, or F5.</p>
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        <h2>Service-based networking for dynamic infrastructure</h2>
        <p>The shift from static infrastructure to dynamic
          infrastructure changes the approach to networking from host-based to
          service-based. Connectivity moves from the use of static IPs to
          dynamic service discovery, and security moves from static firewalls to
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            <h3 class='g-type-display-3'>Extend and Integrate</h3>
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              Provision clusters on any infrastructure, connect to services over TLS via proxy integrations, and Serve TLS certificates with pluggable Certificate Authorities.
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        <p class="g-type-body">Consul Open Source addresses the technical complexity of connecting services across distributed infrastructure.</p>
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        <p class="g-type-body">Consul Enterprise addresses the organizational complexity of large user bases and compliance requirements with collaboration and governance features.</p>
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