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- Faster deployment times achieved by high-speed discovery
- Faster deployment times achieved by high-speed discovery
- Automated service registration and de-registration
- 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:
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: