See Consul running on Kubernetes and learn how to use Consul as a universal service mesh to securely connect your applications running on different platforms.
This summer, HashiCorp released a new set of Consul features to support first-class integration with Kubernetes. The official Helm Chart simplifies the deployment of Consul on Kubernetes. The auto-join and service catalog sync capabilities solve important cross-cluster challenges between both multiple Kubernetes clusters and non-Kubernetes services interacting with Kubernetes services.
HashiCorp also unveiled Consul Connect, which added network segmentation to Consul that involves sidecar injection and native proxy integration with third-party proxies like Envoy. These sidecar proxies can automatically enable secure communication (even inside and outside of a Kubernetes pod) via the Consul Connect capability.
In this webinar, solutions engineer Jason Harley will show you an example of Consul as a service mesh on Kubernetes to understand how Consul can bridge your services on Kubernetes with applications running on other platforms.
For a whiteboard session about the basic Consul and Kubernetes integration concepts, check out this video with HashiCorp founder Mitchell Hashimoto.
0:00 — Introduction
2:30 — What is a service mesh?
7:52 — Consul and Kubernetes
11:25 — Demo: Consul Connect on Kubernetes with legacy app integration
29:45 — Q&A