Get Started on VMs

Install Consul on VMs and quickly explore service discovery and service mesh features such as service-to-service permissions with intentions, ingress with API Gateway, and enhanced observability.

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6 tutorials

28min
Deploy Consul on VMs
Deploy Consul on VMs to explore Consul's core features and functionality.
- Consul
- Interactive
27min
Register your services to Consul
Deploy Consul client agents on your virtual machine workloads. Register services to Consul and set up health checks.
- Consul
- Interactive
16min
Securely connect your services with Consul service mesh
Deploy Consul service mesh and secure your applications using Envoy.
- Consul
- Interactive
17min
Access services in your service mesh
Use Consul API Gateway to enable external access to services inside the mesh.
- Consul
- Interactive
11min
Observe Consul service mesh traffic
Enable observability features in your Consul service mesh to explore metrics and logs.
- Consul
- Interactive
9min
Manage your datacenter with HCP management plane
Use HCP management plane to manage services deployed in self-hosted datacenters.
- Consul
- Interactive