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Co-authored-by: Ashvitha Sridharan <ashvitha.sridharan@hashicorp.com> Co-authored-by: Freddy <freddygv@users.noreply.github.com> Add a new envoy flag: "envoy_hcp_metrics_bind_socket_dir", a directory where a unix socket will be created with the name `<namespace>_<proxy_id>.sock` to forward Envoy metrics. If set, this will configure: - In bootstrap configuration a local stats_sink and static cluster. These will forward metrics to a loopback listener sent over xDS. - A dynamic listener listening at the socket path that the previously defined static cluster is sending metrics to. - A dynamic cluster that will forward traffic received at this listener to the hcp-metrics-collector service. Reasons for having a static cluster pointing at a dynamic listener: - We want to secure the metrics stream using TLS, but the stats sink can only be defined in bootstrap config. With dynamic listeners/clusters we can use the proxy's leaf certificate issued by the Connect CA, which isn't available at bootstrap time. - We want to intelligently route to the HCP collector. Configuring its addreess at bootstrap time limits our flexibility routing-wise. More on this below. Reasons for defining the collector as an upstream in `proxycfg`: - The HCP collector will be deployed as a mesh service. - Certificate management is taken care of, as mentioned above. - Service discovery and routing logic is automatically taken care of, meaning that no code changes are required in the xds package. - Custom routing rules can be added for the collector using discovery chain config entries. Initially the collector is expected to be deployed to each admin partition, but in the future could be deployed centrally in the default partition. These config entries could even be managed by HCP itself. |
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README.md
Consul
Consul is a distributed, highly available, and data center aware solution to connect and configure applications across dynamic, distributed infrastructure.
- Website: https://www.consul.io
- Tutorials: HashiCorp Learn
- Forum: Discuss
Consul provides several key features:
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Multi-Datacenter - Consul is built to be datacenter aware, and can support any number of regions without complex configuration.
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Service Mesh - Consul Service Mesh 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 with Transparent Proxy.
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Service Discovery - Consul makes it simple for services to register themselves and to discover other services via a DNS or HTTP interface. External services such as SaaS providers can be registered as well.
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Health Checking - Health Checking enables Consul to quickly alert operators about any issues in a cluster. The integration with service discovery prevents routing traffic to unhealthy hosts and enables service level circuit breakers.
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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.
Consul runs on Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, Solaris, and Windows and includes an optional browser based UI. A commercial version called Consul Enterprise is also available.
Please note: We take Consul's security and our users' trust very seriously. If you believe you have found a security issue in Consul, please responsibly disclose by contacting us at security@hashicorp.com.
Quick Start
A few quick start guides are available on the Consul website:
- Standalone binary install: https://learn.hashicorp.com/collections/consul/get-started-vms
- Minikube install: https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/consul/kubernetes-minikube
- Kind install: https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/consul/kubernetes-kind
- Kubernetes install: https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/consul/kubernetes-deployment-guide
- Deploy HCP Consul: https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/consul/hcp-gs-deploy
Documentation
Full, comprehensive documentation is available on the Consul website: https://consul.io/docs
Contributing
Thank you for your interest in contributing! Please refer to CONTRIBUTING.md for guidance. For contributions specifically to the browser based UI, please refer to the UI's README.md for guidance.