Service Discovery
In this lesson, we'll study service discovery with Consul.
Consul is a service discovery technology that ensures microservices can communicate with each other.
Distinguishing features
Consul has some features that set it apart from other service discovery solutions.
HTTP REST API & DNS support
Consul has an HTTP REST API and supports DNS.
- DNS (Domain Name System) is the system that maps host names such as www.innoq.com to IP addresses on the Internet.
- In addition to returning IP addresses, it can