Summary

Congratulations! If you've been able to follow this chapter and deal with my horrible jokes, you have a foundational view of the Consul service mesh. The topic of service mesh is a very lengthy one, and I truly hope that this has provided a decent start to that meshy journey! We discussed (well, I wrote, and you read) a bit about traditional networking and why the service mesh is such a valuable tool in today's multi-cloud world. We were able to see a bit of how the mesh worked, connecting our services securely, and how to ensure some services did not connect. We had a brief overview of how to use the mesh principles to connect data centers, and how to support services outside of the mesh. Finally, we had a very high-level view of how Consul operates within the world of Kubernetes.

If the topic of service mesh really gets you tingly, I strongly recommend you continue your education. HashiCorp has several tutorials on the topic, and as the need for the mesh has...