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7. Getting Started with HashiCorp Consul

Navin Sabharwal1  , Sarvesh Pandey2 and Piyush Pandey3
(1)
New Delhi, Delhi, India
(2)
Noida, UP, India
(3)
New Delhi, India
 
This chapter covers the core concepts of HashiCorp Consul.

  • Introduction to HashiCorp Consul

  • Installing Consul

  • Service discovery using Consul

  • DNS and health checks using Consul

Introduction to HashiCorp Consul

HashiCorp Consul provides service discovery, health checks, load balancing, service graph, identity enforcement via TLS, interservice communication, network segmentation, and distributed service ...

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