Consul on Ubuntu 24.04
by kCloudHub LLC
Version 1.22.1 + Free Support on Ubuntu 24.04
HashiCorp Consul is a service networking and service discovery platform that enables secure, automated communication between services across distributed systems. It is widely used to manage dynamic networking for microservices, virtual machines, and containerized workloads in cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
Features of Consul:
- Service discovery using DNS and HTTP APIs to automatically locate healthy services.
- Built-in health checking to ensure traffic is routed only to available service instances.
- Secure service-to-service communication with native service mesh and mTLS encryption.
- Distributed key/value store for configuration, coordination, and feature flags.
- Multi-datacenter and multi-cloud support for globally distributed applications.
- Fine-grained access control using ACLs for secure multi-tenant environments.
- Web-based UI for service catalog visibility, health monitoring, and access management.
- Seamless integration with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Nomad, and CI/CD workflows.
Consul Usage Instructions:
$ consul version
The command above prints the installed Consul version. Use this to verify that Consul is properly installed and available in your system environment.
Disclaimer: Consul is an open-source product developed by HashiCorp and is also available in an enterprise edition. This document and any distributed software are not affiliated with or endorsed by HashiCorp unless explicitly stated. Always review HashiCorp licensing and support terms and follow your organization’s security and compliance policies before deploying Consul in production.