If you've ever delved into a service mesh, key-value store, or service discovery solution in the cloud-native space, you have definitely come across Consul. Consul, developed by HashiCorp, is a multi-purpose solution which primarily provides the following features:
- Service discovery and Service Mesh features with Kubernetes.
- Secure communication and observability between the services.
- Automate load-balancing.
- Key-Value store.
- Consul watches.
This blog post briefly explains the deployment patterns for Consul to use when making configuration changes that are stored in the Key-Value store. It will explain how to discover and synchronize with the services running out of the Kubernetes cluster. We will also see how to enable Service Mesh features with Consul. We broadly categorize Consul deployment patterns as in-cluster patterns (Consul deployed in a Kubernetes cluster) and hybrid patterns (Consul deployed outside a Kubernetes cluster).
Take Release Automation to the Next Level, Episode 6: Getting Started With Advanced Deployment Patterns
The "Take Release Automation to the Next Level" series gives you insights into the benefits and challenges surrounding DevOps deployment patterns. In this series, we'll look at how different patterns work, the advantages and disadvantages of each one, considerations for implementing them, and best practices when applying them.
In the "Take Release Automation to the Next Level," we've seen how the DevOps best practices of deployment patterns can help you speed up the software delivery cycle while maintaining control over the way your applications are deployed.