What is HCP Consul?
HCP Consul is a fully managed service mesh that enables users to discover and securely connect services without the added operational burden of maintaining a service mesh on their own. Deploy Consul servers, backed and managed by HashiCorp, with the click of a button.
Simple Service Discovery
Real-time health and location information of all services.
Secure by Default
All HCP connections are secured, encrypted, and authorized by users.
Service Mesh as a Service
Progressive delivery and zero trust security with less overhead.
How it works
Discover services and monitor health statuses
Automate the service discovery process. Tracking service information and get real-time health checks.
Services discoverable in seconds, not days
HCP Consul communicates with Consul clients in a given environment to track any new or modified applications.
Secure service to service communication
HCP Consul service mesh enables organizations to ensure that all communication between services is both encrypted and authorized using certificates for service identity.
Achieve peace of mind with secure microservices
HCP Consul’s service mesh capabilities provide key security measures like mTLS, Access Controls (ACLs), and automated certificate rotation.
Split, route, and observe service traffic
Use HCP Consul’s robust traffic management capabilities to shape how applications communicate with one another and observe through third party integrations.
Control any connection, on any runtime
Use Consul’s CLI or Kubernetes Custom Resource Definition (CRDs) for canary deployments, blue/green testing, and more.
