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layout: docs
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page_title: Kubernetes
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sidebar_title: Kubernetes
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description: >-
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Consul has many integrations with Kubernetes. You can deploy Consul to
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Kubernetes using the Helm chart, sync services between Consul and Kubernetes,
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automatically secure Pod communication with Connect, and more. This section
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documents the official integrations between Consul and Kubernetes.
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# Kubernetes
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Consul has many integrations with Kubernetes. You can deploy Consul
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to Kubernetes using the Helm chart, sync services between Consul and
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Kubernetes, run Consul Connect Service Mesh, and more.
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This section documents the official integrations between Consul and Kubernetes.
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## Use Cases
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**Running a Consul server cluster:** The Consul server cluster can run directly
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on Kubernetes. This can be used by both nodes within Kubernetes as well as
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nodes external to Kubernetes, as long as they can communicate to the server
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nodes via the network.
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**Running Consul clients:** Consul clients can run as pods on every node
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and expose the Consul API to running pods. This enables many Consul tools
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such as envconsul, consul-template, and more to work on Kubernetes since a
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local agent is available. This will also register each Kubernetes node with
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the Consul catalog for full visibility into your infrastructure.
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**Consul Connect Service Mesh:**
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Consul can automatically inject the [Consul Connect](/docs/connect)
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sidecar into pods so that they can accept and establish encrypted
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and authorized network connections via mutual TLS. And because Connect
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can run anywhere, pods can also communicate with external services (and
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vice versa) over a fully encrypted connection.
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**Service sync to enable Kubernetes and non-Kubernetes services to communicate:**
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Consul can sync Kubernetes services with its own service registry. This allows
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Kubernetes services to use native Kubernetes service discovery to discover
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and connect to external services registered in Consul, and for external services
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to use Consul service discovery to discover and connect to Kubernetes services.
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**And more!** Consul can run directly on Kubernetes, so in addition to the
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native integrations provided by Consul itself, any other tool built for
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Kubernetes can choose to leverage Consul.
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## Getting Started With Consul and Kubernetes
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There are several ways to try Consul with Kubernetes in different environments.
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**Guides**
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- The [Getting Started with Consul Service Mesh track](https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/gs-consul-service-mesh/understand-consul-service-mesh?utm_source=WEBSITE&utm_medium=WEB_IO&utm_offer=ARTICLE_PAGE&utm_content=DOCS)
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provides guidance for installing Consul as service mesh for Kubernetes using the Helm
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chart, deploying services in the service mesh, and using intentions to secure service
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communications.
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- The [Consul and Minikube guide](https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/getting-started-k8s/minikube?utm_source=consul.io&utm_medium=docs) is a quick step-by-step guide for deploying Consul with the official Helm chart on a local instance of Minikube.
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- Review production best practices and cloud-specific configurations for deploying Consul on managed Kubernetes runtimes.
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- The [Consul on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) guide](https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/getting-started-k8s/azure-k8s?utm_source=consul.io&utm_medium=docs) is a complete step-by-step guide on how to deploy Consul on AKS. The guide also allows you to practice deploying two microservices.
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- The [Consul on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes (EKS) guide](https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/kubernetes/aws-k8s?utm_source=consul.io&utm_medium=docs) is a complete step-by-step guide on how to deploy Consul on EKS. Additionally, it provides guidance on interacting with your datacenter with the Consul UI, CLI, and API.
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- The [Consul on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) guide](https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/kubernetes/google-cloud-k8s?utm_source=consul.io&utm_medium=docs) is a complete step-by-step guide on how to deploy Consul on GKE. Additionally, it provides guidance on interacting with your datacenter with the Consul UI, CLI, and API.
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- The [Consul and Kubernetes Reference Architecture](https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/day-1-operations/kubernetes-reference?utm_source=consul.io&utm_medium=docs) guide provides recommended practices for production.
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- The [Consul and Kubernetes Deployment](https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/day-1-operations/kubernetes-deployment-guide?utm_source=consul.io&utm_medium=docs) guide covers the necessary steps to install and configure a new Consul cluster on Kubernetes in production.
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**Documentation**
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- [Installing Consul](/docs/k8s/installation/overview) covers how to install Consul using the Helm chart.
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- [Helm Chart Reference](/docs/k8s/helm) describes the different options for configuring the Helm chart.
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