Consul 1.14 Beta: Announcing Simplified Service Mesh Deployments

The latest beta release of HashiCorp Consul version 1.14 introduces several enhancements designed to improve operational efficiency, scalability, and resiliency. Simplified deployments of Consul service mesh with Consul dataplane eliminate the need for deploying node-level Consul clients on Kubernetes, reducing network requirements, setup complexity, and runtime support needs. Mesh traffic management across cluster peers is now supported, enabling operators to configure advanced traffic management capabilities such as canary or blue/green deployments, A/B testing, and service failover. Service failover enhancements enable critical services to always be available even when infrastructure components fail. Consul 1.14 also introduces first-class support for AWS Lambda functions, allowing serverless workloads to be managed like other workloads in the mesh. Additionally, beta support for Consul service mesh on Windows VMs is now available, enabling network control from a single pane of glass across hybrid workloads.

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