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## Running Connect in Production
Consul Connect can secure all inter-service communication via mutual TLS. It's
designed to work with minimal configuration out of the box, but completing the
[security checklist](/docs/connect/security.html) and understanding the [Consul
security model](/docs/internals/security.html) are prerequisites for production
designed to work with [minimal configuration out of the
box](/intro/getting-started/connect.html), but completing the [security
checklist](/docs/connect/security.html) and understanding the [Consul security
model](/docs/internals/security.html) are prerequisites for production
deployments.
This guide aims to walk through the steps required to ensure the security
guarantees hold.
We assume a cluster is already running with an appropriate number of servers and
clients. To follow along with this guide in a dev environment you can follow our
[getting started guide](/intro/getting-started/install.html). For a production
cluster we expect other reference material like the
clients and that other reference material like the
[deployment](/docs/guides/deployment.html) and
[performance](/docs/guides/performance.html) guides have been followed.
In practical deployments it may be necessary to incrementally adopt Connect
service-by-service. In this case some or all of the advice below may not apply
during the transition but should give a good understanding on which security
properties have been sacrificed in the interim. The final deployment goal should
be to end up compliant with all the advice below.
The steps we need to get to a secure Connect cluster are:
1. [Configure ACLs](#configure-acls)
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`allow` but add an explicit ACL denying anonymous `service:write`. Note
however that in this case the Connect intention graph will also default to
`allow` and explicit `deny` intentions will be needed to restrict service
access. It is assumed for the remainder of this guide that ACL policy
defaults to `deny`.
access. Also note that explicit rules to limit who can manage intentions are
necessary in this case. It is assumed for the remainder of this guide that
ACL policy defaults to `deny`.
2. **Each service must have a distinct ACL token** that is restricted to
`service:write` only for the named service. Current Consul ACLs only support
prefix matching but in a near-future release we will allow exact name

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[natively integrate with Connect](/docs/connect/native.html)
for optimal performance and security.
-> **Security note:** The getting started guide will show Connect features
and focus on ease of use with a dev-mode agent. We will _not setup_ Connect in a
production-recommended secure way. Please read the Connect reference
documentation on security best practices to understand the tradeoffs.
-> **Security note:** The getting started guide will show Connect features and
focus on ease of use with a dev-mode agent. We will _not setup_ Connect in a
production-recommended secure way. Please read the [Connect production
guide](/docs/guides/connect-production.html) to understand the tradeoffs.
~> **Windows Support**: The proxy management feature was designed to run on all platforms but has a known issue on the Windows platform at Beta launch preventing it from starting proxy processes. This will be fixed in a future release.