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page_title: Sevice Mesh - Nomad Integration
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  Consul's service mesh can be applied to provide secure communication between services managed by Nomad's scheduler and orchestrator functions, including Nomad jobs and task groups. Use the guide and reference documentation to learn more.
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# Consul and Nomad Integration

Consul Connect can be used with [Nomad](https://www.nomadproject.io) to provide
secure service-to-service communication between Nomad jobs and task groups.
Nomad is a simple, flexible scheduler and workload orchestrator. The ability to
use the [dynamic port](https://www.nomadproject.io/docs/job-specification/network#dynamic-ports)
feature of Nomad makes Connect reduces operational complexity.

For more information
about using Consul Connect with Nomad, select one of the following resources.

For a step-by-step guide on using Consul Connect with Nomad:

- [Nomad Consul Connect Guide](https://www.nomadproject.io/docs/integrations/consul-connect)

For reference information about configuring Nomad jobs to use Consul Connect:

- [Nomad Job Specification - `connect`](https://www.nomadproject.io/docs/job-specification/connect)
- [Nomad Job Specification - `sidecar_service`](https://www.nomadproject.io/docs/job-specification/sidecar_service)
- [Nomad Job Specification - `sidecar_task`](https://www.nomadproject.io/docs/job-specification/sidecar_task)
- [Nomad Job Specification - `proxy`](https://www.nomadproject.io/docs/job-specification/proxy)
- [Nomad Job Specification - `upstreams`](https://www.nomadproject.io/docs/job-specification/upstreams)
