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page_title: Internals Overview
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description: >-
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To enhance your understanding of how to use, troubleshoot, and secure Consul, learn more about Consul's internal properties and how it works under the hood.
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# Consul Internals Overview
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This section covers some of the internals of Consul. Understanding the internals of Consul is necessary to successfully
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use it in production.
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Please review the following documentation to understand how Consul works.
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- [Architecture](/consul/docs/architecture)
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- [Consensus Protocol](/consul/docs/architecture/consensus)
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- [Gossip Protocol](/consul/docs/architecture/gossip)
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- [Network Coordinates](/consul/docs/architecture/coordinates)
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- [Sessions](/consul/docs/security/acl/auth-methods/oidc)
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- [Anti-Entropy](/consul/docs/architecture/anti-entropy)
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- [Security Model](/consul/docs/security)
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- [Discovery Chain](/consul/docs/connect/l7-traffic/discovery-chain)
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You should also be familiar with [Jepsen testing](/consul/docs/architecture/jepsen), before deploying
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a production datacenter.
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