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page_title: "Introduction"
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Welcome to the intro guide to Consul! This guide is the best place to start with Consul. We cover what Consul is, what problems it can solve, how it compares to existing software, and a quick start for using Consul. If you are already familiar with the basics of Consul, the documentation provides more of a reference for all available features.
Welcome to the intro guide to Consul! This guide is the best place to start with Consul. We cover what Consul is, what problems it can solve, how it compares to existing software, and how you can get started using it. If you are familiar with the basics of Consul, the documentation provides a more detailed reference of available features.
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# Introduction to Consul
Welcome to the intro guide to Consul! This guide is the best place to start
with Consul. We cover what Consul is, what problems it can solve, how it compares
to existing software, and a quick start for using Consul. If you are already familiar
with the basics of Consul, the [documentation](/docs/index.html) provides more
of a reference for all available features.
to existing software, and how you can get started using it. If you are familiar
with the basics of Consul, the [documentation](/docs/index.html) provides a more
detailed reference of available features.
## What is Consul?
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discovery components to route traffic away from unhealthy hosts.
* **Key/Value Store**: Applications can make use of Consul's hierarchical key/value
store for any number of purposes including: dynamic configuration, feature flagging,
coordination, leader election, etc. The simple HTTP API makes it easy to use.
store for any number of purposes, including dynamic configuration, feature flagging,
coordination, leader election, and more. The simple HTTP API makes it easy to use.
* **Multi Datacenter**: Consul supports multiple datacenters out of the box. This
means users of Consul do not have to worry about building additional layers of
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## Basic Architecture of Consul
Consul is a distributed, highly available system. There is an
[in-depth architecture overview](/docs/internals/architecture.html) available,
but this section will cover the basics so you can get an understanding
of how Consul works. This section will purposely omit details to quickly
provide an overview of the architecture.
Consul is a distributed, highly available system. This section will cover the
basics, purposely omitting some unnecessary detail, so you can get a quick
understanding of how Consul works. For more detail, please refer to the
[in-depth architecture overview](/docs/internals/architecture.html).
Every node that provides services to Consul runs a _Consul agent_. Running
an agent is not required for discovering other services or getting/setting
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The agents talk to one or more _Consul servers_. The Consul servers are
where data is stored and replicated. The servers themselves elect a leader.
While Consul can function with one server, 3 to 5 is recommended to avoid
data loss scenarios. A cluster of Consul servers is recommended for each
datacenter.
failure scenarios leading to data loss. A cluster of Consul servers is recommended
for each datacenter.
Components of your infrastructure that need to discover other services
or nodes can query any of the Consul servers _or_ any of the Consul agents.
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## Next Steps
See the page on [how Consul compares to other software](/intro/vs/index.html)
to see how it fits into your existing infrastructure. Or continue onwards with
the [getting started guide](/intro/getting-started/install.html) to get
Consul up and running and see how it works.
* See [how Consul compares to other software](/intro/vs/index.html) to assess how it fits into your
existing infrastructure.
* Continue onwards with the [getting started guide](/intro/getting-started/install.html)
to get Consul up and running.