Build Scalable Applications with Cluster Peering and Failover

Explore how to build scalable and resilient applications using service mesh, cluster peering, and failover in this 43-minute workshop from HashiDays 2023. Deploy a self-managed Consul cluster, migrate services to use service mesh with permissive mTLS, and enhance application resilience by deploying services across regions. Learn about centralized Consul administration challenges and the HCP Management plane. Follow along with hands-on demonstrations of permissive mTLS, cluster peering with service failover, and the HCP Management plane to gain practical insights into adopting service mesh and improving application scalability.

0:00- Introduction
1:52- Objective
4:12- Service mesh 101
5:46- Service mesh adoption challenges
7:31- Permissive mTLS overview
8:55- Permissive mTLS demo
18:41- Resilience and scaling challenges
19:56- Cluster peering with service failover overview
20:28- Centralized Consul administration challenges
21:00- HCP Management plane overview
21:30- Cluster peering with service failover demo
32:33- HCP Management plane demo
41:46- Recap and outro