Consul is a service mesh solution that lets you securely connect and expose microservices networking across datacenters and cloud providers. Learn how Consul can help you scale operations and provide high availability across your network.
Consul is a service networking solution that delivers service discovery, service mesh, and network security capabilities. It supports multi-cloud infrastructure by automating connectivity between cloud providers. Learn how Consul can help you scale operations and provide high availability across your network.
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# What is Consul?
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## How does Consul work?
Consul provides a control plane that enables you to register, query, and secure services deployed across your network. The control plane is the part of the network infrastructure that maintains a central registry to track services and their respective IP addresses. It is a distributed system that runs on clusters of nodes, such as physical servers, cloud instances, virtual machines, or containers.
Consul provides a _control plane_ that enables you to register, query, and secure services deployed across your network. The control plane is the part of the network infrastructure that maintains a central registry to track services and their respective IP addresses. It is a distributed system that runs on clusters of nodes, such as physical servers, cloud instances, virtual machines, or containers.
Consul interacts with the data plane through proxies. The data plane is the part of the network infrastructure that processes data requests. Refer to [Consul Architecture](/docs/architecture) for details.
Consul interacts with the _data plane_ through proxies. The data plane is the part of the network infrastructure that processes data requests. Refer to [Consul Architecture](/docs/architecture) for details.
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