Tutorials | Consul | HashiCorp Developer

Deploy a fully managed service mesh

Start here to learn the basics of Consul on your favorite platform.

4 tutorials

Get Started on Kubernetes
Install Consul on Kubernetes and quickly explore service mesh features such as service-to-service permissions with intentions, ingress with API Gateway, and enhanced observability.
- Consul
5 tutorials

Get Started on VMs
Install Consul on VMs and quickly explore service discovery and service mesh features such as service-to-service permissions with intentions, ingress with API Gateway, and enhanced observability.
- Consul

Learn deployment practices for Consul in production.

3 tutorials

Kubernetes production patterns
Explore recommended best practices for deploying Consul in a production environment on Kubernetes.
- Consul
4 tutorials

VM production patterns
Explore recommended best practices for deploying Consul in a production environment on virtual machines (VMs).
- Consul
3 tutorials

Multi-cluster patterns
Explore recommended best practices for deploying Consul in a production environment on multiple platforms.
- Consul

Monitor Consul's control plane and data plane.

10min
Monitor Consul server health and performance with metrics and logs
Consul server metrics and logs lets you monitor your Consul clusters' health and performance, enhancing your control plane observability capabilities.
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10min
Monitor application health and performance with Consul proxy metrics
Consul proxy metrics lets you monitor your services' health and performance, enhancing your service mesh observability capabilities.
- Consul
12min
Debug service mesh events and errors with Consul proxy access logs
Consul proxy access logs lets you monitor your services' events and errors, enhancing your service mesh observability capabilities.
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