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## Benefits
**Fewer networking requirements**: Without client agents, Consul doesn’t need to ensure bidirectional network connectivity across multiple protocols to enable gossip communication. Instead, it requires a single gRPC connection to the Consul servers, which significantly simplifies requirements for the operator.
**Fewer networking requirements**: Without client agents, Consul does not require bidirectional network connectivity across multiple protocols to enable gossip communication. Instead, it requires a single gRPC connection to the Consul servers, which significantly simplifies requirements for the operator.
**Simplified set up**: Because there are no client agents to engage in gossip, you do not have to generate and distribute a gossip encryption key to agents during the initial bootstrapping process. Securing agent communication also becomes simpler, with fewer tokens to track, distribute, and rotate.
This topic describes how to install Consul on Kubernetes using the Consul K8s CLI tool. The Consul K8s CLI tool enables you to quickly install and interact with Consul on Kubernetes. Use the Consul K8s CLI tool to install Consul on Kubernetes if you are deploying a single cluster. We recommend using the [Helm chart installation method](/docs/k8s/installation/install) if you are installing Consul on Kubernetes for multi-cluster deployments that involve cross-partition or cross datacenter communication.
To use Consul Dataplane with Kubernetes, you must separately install the `consul-dataplane` binary. For more information, refer to [Simplified Service Mesh with Consul Dataplane](/consul/docs/k8s/dataplane).
This topic describes how to install Consul on Kubernetes using the official Consul Helm chart. For instruction on how to install Consul on Kubernetes using the Consul K8s CLI, refer to [Installing the Consul K8s CLI](/docs/k8s/installation/install-cli).
To use Consul Dataplane with Kubernetes, you must separately install the `consul-dataplane` binary. For more information, refer to [Simplified Service Mesh with Consul Dataplane](/consul/docs/k8s/dataplane).
Jeff Boruszak
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