diff --git a/website/content/docs/concepts/service-discovery.mdx b/website/content/docs/concepts/service-discovery.mdx index b1b4123e21..122e5a05bf 100644 --- a/website/content/docs/concepts/service-discovery.mdx +++ b/website/content/docs/concepts/service-discovery.mdx @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Service discovery provides benefits for all organizations, ranging from simplifi - Faster deployment times achieved by high-speed discovery - Automated service registration and de-registration -## How does a service mesh work? +## How does service discovery work? Service discovery uses a service's identity instead of traditional access information (IP address and port). This allows you to dynamically map services and track any changes within a service catalog. Service consumers (users or other services) then use DNS to dynamically retrieve other service's access information from the service catalog. The lifecycle of a service may look like the following: